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Should the monarchy be abolished?
Newest Review: ... such incident happening in the 18th century. Another way in which the Queen has declined inn importance is evident as she does not even choose who is on the Queens honours list! As the Prime Minister does, hence why depending on the government of the time the honours loist will be largely made up of Labour/Conseravtive supporters.Secondly the monarchy has lots of wealth and stature in todys society, which they have not earned, although the top politicians are mostly corrupt atleast they're elected and accountable to the people, an incident of a member of the royal family abusing power, the incident in which Prince Harry comandered the use o... more |
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Should the monarchy be abolished?: Monarchy - Outdated ? (282 words)
by googleeyes001 - written on 01.06.08 (Useful, 77 readings)
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Personally I agree with the idea abolishing of the monarchy, for three main reasons; firstly in todays political system the monarchy has no effective power, in that although the Queen has the vito over legislation (she has to sign the bill for it to become law) she wouldnt realistically decline it, as this could cause political uproar, the last such incident happening in the 18th century. Another way in which the Queen has declined inn importance is evident as she does not even choose who is on the Queens honours list! As the Prime Minister does, hence why depending on the government of the time the honours loist will be largely made up of Labour/Conseravtive ...
off with their heads!! ok thats a joke..honest... (561 words)
by shoequeen2713 - written on 11.05.08 (Very useful, 122 readings)
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yes it should. we are in the 21st century for gods sake. how long are we going to keep paying for them? & for what a bit of hand waving?? their personal wealth & number of residences at their disposal is obscene. & they still get paid from the civil list & some the royal liggers too. we are merely their 'subjects' apparently... as for the poster who waxed lyrical about them & who said she wants to be a history teacher...The continuous list traditionally starts with Egbert, King of Wessex from 802, the first King of Wessex to have overlordship over much of England...the romans left in 410... as for the royals tracing their line back 1000 ...
Should the monarchy be abolished?: Onward Christian Soldiers... (1620 words)
by thedevilinme - written on 06.03.08 (Very useful, 232 readings)
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I don't know what was more worrying over the deployment of Prince Harry in Afghanistan: the fact he made the whole Royal Family a target, and so people watching on at the parades or the royal visits, or the fact we never heard anything of that deployment for ten weeks in this all seeing, youtube loving, media age. How on earth did they stop the Afghanistan people getting a pic of him in the ubiquitous picture phone or digital camera? Either there's a complete media blackout in general in the country so only the good news gets out that suits the west or Harry wasn't exactly visible to the media and camera phones, tucked away in a bunker somewhere playing cards, anything ...
