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Lisa Scott-Lee Expert
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I'm currently doing a piece on Republicism for Uni and it's very interesting. I do like the Queen and think she has done tremendous service for a very long time, but after she has gone I'm not sure if we need a monarchy anymore, especially NOT Charles who killed off our beloved Diana Princess of Wales.
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.............the royal family continue to be an insult to working folk everywhere
.............now where's madame guillotine when ya need her Mark L |
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We don't need a monarchy, I honestly don't see the point at all. Is it something that's likely to change though? I don't know the politics of it all or what would need to happen, like is it something where once the Queen dies there'd be some kind of parliamentary decision as to whether or not we maintain a monarchy? Or a brexit style vote or something?
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It is a kind of stupid/out dated idea but isn't it pretty good for your tourism and that?
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Banned
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I'd prefer giving them an eviction notice, decapitation is a bit much!
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But the Royals have zero political power anymore so it doesn't affect our political system anyway?
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Lisa Scott-Lee Expert
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The Queen and Prince Charles also have the power to veto bills that affect their private interests. Official legal advice makes clear that Queen's and Prince's Consent (as the "royal veto" is officially known) is not a mere formality. The process by which consent is obtained provides a clear opportunity for the Queen and the Prince of Wales to influence the shape and content of a bill before it reaches Parliament. Then there's the problem of parliamentary sovereignty. At one point all the power in the land was held by the king or queen. Over time that power moved to parliament and is now held collectively by 650 MPs. However, the fundamental nature of that power hasn't changed – parliament can make or scrap any law it likes, just as the monarch could in the past. This means our freedoms are never really guaranteed because parliament can always decide to remove them. Again, this a direct result of having a monarchy. |
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The Queen cannot just make a decision on something and have it go ahead on her say so. She holds no power. Contrary to popular belief she does not run or control the country. |
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Hmm... that´s suspicious for sure. There might be something to that, if those are actually written by her, since someone suggested that this Burrell guy made those himself. |
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Diana died because she wasn't wearing her seat belt. The whole thing was documented by the papparazzi following them, so I hardly see how anyone could 'arrange' it.
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I really don't mind the royals tbh. The Queen is iconic and respected around the world. And they don't even do anything important, they're just figureheads for the UK. I do think some of them take the piss out of taxpayers though, like Beatrice and Eugenie do absolutely nowt but go on holidays all year round.
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Long live the Queen, and all those that follow in her footsteps.
Nobody does pageantry like we do, fantastic traditions. |
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This Witch doesn't burn
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I agree, it brings in millions in tourism and merchandising as well, though I think it will be hard to follow the work ethic of the Queen and Prince P, the younger Royals are pretty work shy
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I agree. The royal family and the traditions associated with it are a part of our long history and something I am immensly proud of. In school 60 years ago we were taught all about British history and learnt to be proud of our country, which sadly is not something that seems to be taught to young people today.
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I'm not a royalist but i can't see the point of abolishing something that has to be an attraction to people even if it's not THE attraction.Just destroying things for the sake of it is pointless and whatever income and interest they do bring in however small may aswell carry on.
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Not when Camilla is going to be our next monarch!
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