Weary that his republican views could put-off some Labour voters, Jeremy Corbyn has been keen to make clear that he won’t fight to scrap the monarchy — ‘it’s not the fight I’m interested in’ — if elected Prime Minister. So, what of his rumoured successor John McDonnell and his team?
Just in time for the Queen’s birthday celebrations, Steerpike has been passed an article that the shadow Chancellor’s media advisor penned back in 2011. In the article for the Guardian, James Mills argues that the Royal family ought to be funded by donations from the public:
In this he argues that a suggestion by MPs and the Lords to donate £85,000 for a gift for the Queen sounds like ‘a great way to pay for the royals’ in general:
‘The anti-monarchist group Republic argues that the true cost of the royal family is a staggering £200m a year; others claim it works out as only 60p a person.
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