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**Chris** · 22-11-2023, 11:44

Well, we could appoint a commoner as head of state instead, and call them something like Lord Protector. It might upset the Irish a bit but the last one cost about a tenth of what we pay the royals so it’s not all bad.

It’s worth noting however that we tried it before, decided republicanism wasn’t for us, and brought back the monarchy after a mere 6 years. So maybe we just accept that as we already have a head of state with no real executive power (like Ireland or Germany), and we don’t want to replace him with one who has actual power (like France or the USA), we’re really no worse off as we are, and probably better as there’s absolutely no way a faded politician or sleb can get elected to the job this way.

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Chris Trollsplatter Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: North of Watford Services: Humane elimination of all common Internet pests Posts: 38,233	Re: Royal Family Well, we could appoint a commoner as head of state instead, and call them something like Lord Protector. It might upset the Irish a bit but the last one cost about a tenth of what we pay the royals so it’s not all bad. It’s worth noting however that we tried it before, decided republicanism wasn’t for us, and brought back the monarchy after a mere 6 years. So maybe we just accept that as we already have a head of state with no real executive power (like Ireland or Germany), and we don’t want to replace him with one who has actual power (like France or the USA), we’re really no worse off as we are, and probably better as there’s absolutely no way a faded politician or sleb can get elected to the job this way.