There's a bit of debate about the Queen today. Should she retain her 'powers' or not.
The prospective Labour leader Jeremy Corbin thinks they should be curtailed, although I have not studied his proposals, and in the Guardian Polly Toynbee goes off on a bit of a rant about how expensive, pointless etc. etc. the monarchy is and (almost) advocates scrapping it.
They have a point, I'm sure, but the arguments for having no royalty apply to almost any institution that uses public money. In this particular case, historical context is quite important as opposed to, say, the National Parks. Not that I'm comparing the queen to a barren landscape.
Anyway, a bank holiday came and went yesterday living up to the stereotypical British holiday by raining all day. I received a bit of a soaking whilst assisting my wife at an equine event, but she got a 3rd place so it wasn't all bad.
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