Rioting students attack Royal car

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But since the last few posts HoreTore has been arguing for outright abolishing them and not replacing them with anything, since the High court already rules as a Supreme Court as such. So in other-words, there is still a parliamentary democracy, just no Queen/King and there is no president. Since afterall, the Monarchy are a relic of the past and nothing more than a figurehead, we could simply replace them with a statue of Britannia.

But as I said we should not abolish the monarchy, we need it as a safeguard. The Lords is already weak enough, do you really want the Commons to have free reign?

In other words, you lot believe in a hereditary dictatorship?

Besides, how would a Supreme Court assuming the role of monarch change that? And why does your president have to be political?

I believe that one particular political office is best kept hereditary, yes. Why on earth you presume that must mean it is despotic I have no idea.

In any case, I am open to alternatives for fulfilling the same role as the monarchy in safeguarding against overbearing politicians. I like the current solution with monarchy, since it is a) unelected b) hereditary. If this presidential alternative was elected, that removes his whole purpose in protecting against populist tyranny. If his position is not hereditary, that leads to all the power politics and other such nonsense and potential for abuse (like with what Putin did swapping positions in Russia and leaving his little puppet Medvedev, if one position was hereditary he coudln't have done that).