The British Monarchy

[Mr Kobayashi]

Oh, ok then. I thought you were referring to the current monarch.

What threw me off is that however bad the current political system is, it is still nevertheless working. When a political system stops working then you have complete anarchy or some sort of a state of great societal revolution.

This seems a very low bar.

 

[Mr Kobayashi]

How on earth do other countries manage without an unelected monarch and, come to that, an unelected House of Lords?

Somehow, they contrive not only to survive but to flourish. And yet the British are so uniquely thick that we could not devise an alternative constitutional arrangement?

Our friends across the Irish Sea were under exactly the same constitution as us until they decided to secede. They had no difficulty at all in making new arrangements. The precedent is there.

Making some mystic complexity of the business is just an excuse to do nowt. It doesn't wash.

It's classic British exceptionalism. Usually put forward by people who lack an imagination or even the inclination to do some basic research.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Oh, ok then. I thought you were referring to the current monarch.

What threw me off is that however bad the current political system is, it is still nevertheless working. When a political system stops working then you have complete anarchy or some sort of a state of great societal revolution.

Yes it’s been working great for the last decade and a half. I think it’s brilliant that a party that gets a third of the votes can do what the fuck it wants for five years. And look at the results. We’re really pushed on as a nation in that time. And the standard of politicians is at an all time high too.

It’s working superbly.

 

[ShakesSpeare]

a party that gets a third of the votes can do what the fuck it wants for five years

That's an electoral system issue. Which is very, very separate and different from the monarchy issue. I would gladly discuss it but I don't want to sidetrack the thread.

 

[TinFoilHat]

MSN

Lizzie kept her humour to the end. Fair play to her.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

That's an electoral system issue. Which is very, very separate and different from the monarchy issue. I would gladly discuss it but I don't want to sidetrack the thread.

You literally fucking posted this:

A whole new political system would have to be devised.

Which I responded to. So it would appear you’ve already sidetracked the thread.

 

[Blue and true]

That's an electoral system issue. Which is very, very separate and different from the monarchy issue. I would gladly discuss it but I don't want to sidetrack the thread.

I thought you said the monarchy and our political system were intrinsically linked? So which is it?

 

[Manc baggie]

Try this & then follow the link at the end of the article to the pages that follow.
For the most part, this is an informative & interesting read.
It goes some way to setting out the basics in what is required to replace the monarchy.

Why We Protest

Why we protest: The campaign for a republic is about democratic reform, democratic principles and ridding the country of an institution that serves itself and those in power - the few, not the many.

www.republic.org.uk

 

[CheshireExpat]

If there was a referendum on them, which way would it go?

 

[Blue and true]

If there was a referendum on them, which way would it go?

There will never be a referendum on them. That is literally the problem.