United Kingdom
General community for news/discussion in the UK.
Less serious posts should go in [email protected] or [email protected]
More serious politics should go in [email protected].
Try not to spam the same link to multiple feddit.uk communities.
Pick the most appropriate, and put it there.
Posts should be related to UK-centric news, and should be either a link to a reputable source, or a text post on this community.
Opinion pieces are also allowed, provided they are not misleading/misrepresented/drivel, and have proper sources.
If you think "reputable news source" needs some definition, by all means start a meta thread.
Posts should be manually submitted, not by bot. Link titles should not be editorialised.
Disappointing comments will generally be left to fester in ratio, outright horrible comments will be removed.
Message the mods if you feel something really should be removed, or if a user seems to have a pattern of awful comments.
view the rest of the comments
Exactly. I saw people criticising the state coaches being used. While it looks fancy, it's being driven by the military who are paid a wage anyway, it's a historical artefact so would be maintained anyway. So really what cost is there, the fact if it's used that they'd need to pay someone to repaint the wheels every now and again? And what about the money generated by people lining the mall to watch a coach go past.
Compare that with a car, you may need to hire one out, pay a chauffeur for the day, etc.
Security costs would be the same whether or not it's a President or the King. So seems moot.
So really, what additional costs are there? And do they outweigh the potential tourism loss of being more attractive to an audience?