Louis; hand me that guillotine!

[HoreTore]

The only good Republican is a dead Republican!

Wait, that sounds a bit intollerant and anti-Hummanist, hmmmm.....

Yes, while a "King" is an institution and not a person, and as such using the term "dead king" doesn't refer to an actual dead human, a republican can only be a human being. As such, I am talking about ending an institution, while you're talking about murdering people.

Intollerant and anti-humanist indeed.

Seriously though, Royal families are cheap, much cheaper than any other head of state.

What on earth are you on about? Our royal family's social security check is 28 million €. Our prime minister earns around 150k €. Our president earns a little less than that.

On the issue of stocks though, they should be declared after a six month clearing period to allow His Majesty's broker to tidy things up and prevent embarressment.

Your honest opinion is that they should get a 6-month waiting period to cover up corruption....? Seriously...? No wonder labour have been selling titles for years, with voters like you....

On the issue of the shore: In Britain the first hundred yards or so are owned by the Queen, and thus can only be closed by her or her government. I assume a similar constitutional situation exists in Norway.

Nope. The first hundred metres are public land, meaning it belongs to me and my fellow citizens, not some inbred who can barely speak. They cannot be closed by anyone, except by special excemption by the city council. And as loyal underlings are always eager to please their masters, the city council fell over themselves to give them the excemption. They didn't even bother to make up an excuse as to why they broke our law and handed off our collective property, they just stated how happy they were to accommodate the royals.