We’re almost in 2024 FFS… When are we going to end all this nonsense?

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss True -but don’t you think it’s being overtaken by poverty and homelessness?

@grumpyman66uk @MarinaPurkiss Government policies are responsible for the rise in homelessness & poverty. Let's push our government to focus on dealing with these. The pomp & ceremony and history promotes tourism which generates £237bn for the economy.

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss I want a republic. And pomp and ceremony is not a British only thing. The USA has it in droves.

@jackmoxley @MarinaPurkiss Who do you want to be the first president?

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss And that’s the problem

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss How about we make a Britain that does things like health, education and hi-tech industry well, not one that resembles Miss Havisham sitting in her wedding dress in a dusty, decaying room, dwelling on an Imperial past of extremely dubious merit? #AbolishTheMonarchy #NotMyKing

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss They would be far less offensive if they did away with the golden carriages, ermin furs and the diamond crown that is worth circa £4 billion. Pomp and ceremony helps nobody except them, and is all about feelings. This is very damaging.

@nick_pope @MarinaPurkiss Lots of countries do pageantry well without a monarch.