Dear Liz can't be far off meeting her maker (and I don't mean her hats) so would her demise be the right time to reconsider what sort of government we have in the UK? If Charles doesn't last long we would have a relatively young William as King, plenty of time within his expected reign to shake things up a bit. He does sound like he's more in touch with the common folk than many others within the family, maybe because he married a peasant to help with the gene pool rather than have some chinless bint from another royal family foisted on him. Head of State or President? Do you like the idea of an elected Head of State rather than a hereditary one? For me having a King or Queen isn't something I worry about and I am a sucker for a bit of good old fashioned pomp which we do as well, if not better, as anyone else. Not much of a fan of the civil list though, they have got enough dosh to pay for their own offspring imho. With the SNP, Welsh and even Cornish shouting for independence are we ripe for a change?
Things did not end well for Charles I, and I don't see it going much better for Charles III. Probably stop short of actual beheading though.
Liz is Head of State but it is pretty much a ceremonial role. In a normal year she would put on all the bling, show up in a posh ‘orse and cart, read her speech (written by some political johnny) and tootle off back to Buck House for afternoon tiffin. So I am quite happy to keep the Royal Family as they are well regarded internationally and they are apolitical. When they show up somewhere to perform an opening or visit the plebs, there are always crowds of well wishers so I expect Republicans (mostly crazed lefties) are a minority. When I look at the Presidents around the world, most of them are career politicians with no popular mandate; and certain ones are quite happy to change the rules so that they can stay in the job for as long as they like without answering to the people. I simply do not like the idea of a President generally as it tends to give too much power to one individual. Our present system does not give power to one individual because the highest office – Prime Minister – still requires the consent of others in the government to act. Would anybody be in favour of creating a Republic when it were possible to have President Tony Blair, President Theresa May or President Jeremy Corbyn?
