The monarchy does not affect my life in any way.
I don’t care either way. Literally don’t care.
I’m smart enough, though, to know that it’s being used as a dog whistle to whip up populist nationalism which is never a good thing for a country.
That goes both ways though. Wouldn’t the effort and cost to remove them be wasted if they don’t actually do anything. Lots of people struggling right now and I’d be pretty pissed if the government went around spending time and money on this
It doesn’t affect us day-to-day no, but honestly I like being part of a ‘Commonwealth’. I like feeling like I have something in common with Australia, or New Zealand, or the UK, even if I’ve only ever been to the UK for a few hours.
Your family name (for most people, unless you’re George Hitler) has no impact on your day-to-day, this to me seems like saying “We should just get rid of family names!”
The people who are being manipulated with this nationalist dog whistle see no value in being a member of the Commonwealth. Canada First and MCGA and all.
They won’t. We live in a constitutional monarchy. Their role is ceremonial.
It costs a lot of money, this money comes from your taxes, it affects your life
Sixty million a year could build multiple public housing projects, every year. And on the other side of the balance scale is Charles.