Rioting students attack Royal car

[HoreTore]

yes, nice laundry list, but put figures against them, demonstrate a REAL case for change.

and please don't forget that most important of characteristics; effectiveness, the Royal Family have been an excellent head-of-state, demonstrate that the alternative would be unambiguously and substantially an improvement...........

I've already done so.

High Court is already paid, therefore completely free. Everything currently spent on inbreds is now a savings. You could use it to pay off some of that massive debt you have.

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).

Yes, the world has never seen a corrupt Monarch.



Oh wait, it was the other way around! The has never seen a Monarch that isn't corrupt, that was it yes....