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Originally posted by Ste2652
Aww, that's nice. We're quite capable of deciding whether we want a Queen or a President ourselves, thank you. It's worked pretty well for the last thousand years.
What a waste of time. Why doesn't this council start focusing on real human rights issues... Zimbabwe anyone?
According to the video, Iran complained about the UK's poor efforts to tackle sexual discrimination. Says the nation where women aren't allowed to hold public office and where homosexuals are hanged.
The UK should follow the US's lead and leave the Human Rights Council. Clearly it has descended into an utter farce.
[edit on 13/6/08 by Ste2652]
Ohhh - still laughing -that is funny - know your history there buddy ? England hs about as many English as Sri Lanka does Inuits - your entire Royal family are foreigners - gotta love those Visigoths, Vandaals etc - If it wasn't the Romans, French, Germans, then it was the Vikings - no wonder they are Americas tart - Thousand Years - HA HA HA HA HA !!!
Originally posted by audas
Ohhh - still laughing -that is funny - know your history there buddy ? England hs about as many English as Sri Lanka does Inuits - your entire Royal family are foreigners - gotta love those Visigoths, Vandaals etc - If it wasn't the Romans, French, Germans, then it was the Vikings - no wonder they are Americas tart - Thousand Years - HA HA HA HA HA !!!
Originally posted by audas
Ohhh - still laughing -that is funny - know your history there buddy ? England hs about as many English as Sri Lanka does Inuits - your entire Royal family are foreigners - gotta love those Visigoths, Vandaals etc - If it wasn't the Romans, French, Germans, then it was the Vikings - no wonder they are Americas tart - Thousand Years - HA HA HA HA HA !!!
Iran complained about the UK's record on tackling sexual discrimination.
Originally posted by mind is the universe
Lets not worship another human. That's progress. Let's have it as record in history books. Kings and queens don't represent us, like they did ions ago.
Wiki: The Crown Estate is not owned by the monarch personally, but is an inalienable possession of the Crown, and passes from one Sovereign to the next. During modern times, the profits surrendered from the Crown Estate have greatly exceeded the Civil List and Grants-in-Aid provided to the monarch. For example, surplus from the Crown Estate produced approximately £184.8 million for the Treasury during the financial year 2003/04, whereas parliamentary funding for the Monarchy was approximately £36.8 million during the same period. These funds include the Civil List, Annuities, Grants in Aid, and funding paid directly by government departments.
In 2000, a £35.3 million reserve was carried over from the 1990-2000 Civil List. The reserve was created from surpluses caused by low inflation and the efforts of the Queen and her staff to make the palace more efficient. For the period of 2000 - 2010, the Civil List has continued to be fixed at £7,900,000 (GBP) annually, the same as was established during 1990