Laurens
New Member
I feel rather ashamed to live in a country that has an unelected head of state. To me it is completely antithetical to the idea of democracy that we supposedly espouse.
I've never heard any good arguments as to why we should still have a royal family, I've heard that 'it's good for tourism' and 'it distinguishes us from the US', or various other appeals to history and tradition - to which I say who gives a shit? An unelected head of state is completely against the ideals of democracy and I see no reason to hold onto a monarchy in the 21st century.
So the first thing I'd like to know is whether anyone knows of any good reasons for having a monarchy in the UK?
The second thing I'm curious about is whether there would actually be a legal means of getting rid of the royal family? As in relinquishing their status as head of state (rather than assassinating them).
I've never heard any good arguments as to why we should still have a royal family, I've heard that 'it's good for tourism' and 'it distinguishes us from the US', or various other appeals to history and tradition - to which I say who gives a shit? An unelected head of state is completely against the ideals of democracy and I see no reason to hold onto a monarchy in the 21st century.
So the first thing I'd like to know is whether anyone knows of any good reasons for having a monarchy in the UK?
The second thing I'm curious about is whether there would actually be a legal means of getting rid of the royal family? As in relinquishing their status as head of state (rather than assassinating them).