I would like to set up a little club for people who think the monarchy is a useful constitutional mechanism but find all the pomp and ceremonial stuff dreadfully embarrassing.
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The monarchy may be Ruritanian and embarrassing but the prospect of a President Blair appals me.
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Maybe have a British presidency the way they do jury service - just pick a name out of a hat and post them a letter, saying 'Next year it's your turn' (while giving them the option of appealing, of course)...?
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King Shuggie fae Shettleston..... Sounds like a winner!
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My god! Something I agree with jhb on! I can't believe it! What's gone wrong?! I'm shocked!
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That means it's time to reconsider your beliefs.
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I agree. But in this case I'm afraid it is true, I am a republican and apparently so is jhb. Damn.
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Do you know what? I completely misread her tweet. I'd have sworn she said she was a royalist. Seeing what I expected to see? Bet she doesn't have a well-considered plan for the Royals' replacement though.
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To be honest, nor have I. But I feel the fact that we have royalty in the UK , ie an unelected head of state with immense inherited power and wealth, is why we still have a fairly rigid class system and a fore-lock-tugging attitude to people like Mogg. Anachronistic in the 21st C
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It's the inability to come up with a workable replacement that led me to change from a full-blooded republican to someone who reluctantly accepts a monarch FOR NOW. A On an interim basis. At least our system prevents us having a Donald Trump.
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France does ok. So does Germany.
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I don't want to do ok. I don't want the risk of a Mosley or a Powell or a Farage becoming more than an irritating mosquito around our picnic.
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Because he's balanced and fair, not 15 paces right of the 3rd Reich like you.
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tried it once, didn't work
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Probably because you're one.
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Traitor!!
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Fear of President Blair!
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Isn't being a republican Brexiter a bit niche?
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