{"id":6206,"date":"2022-09-26T10:52:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6206"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:52:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T10:52:05","slug":"the-queen-is-dead-long-live-the-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/really.zonky.org\/?p=6206","title":{"rendered":"The Queen Is Dead, Long Live The King"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So the queen is dead, and Twitter went berserk with all sorts of tweets. Some of the anti-colonialism ones were a little tasteless …<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Chief monarch”? Have we got additional monarchs scurrying around? Not that I’ve ever heard of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even if the queen was responsible for the crimes of the British Empire, wishing she would die in excruciating pain is tasteless in the extreme. After all, we didn’t torture Hitler’s henchpersons to death – they got a quick hanging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And blaming the queen for all the evils of the British Empire shows a remarkable lack of knowledge about how power in Britain works. After all real power has been delegated<\/a> to parliament, and has been since Charles II<\/a> (in 1660 so it’s been a while).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure some earlier monarchs were involved in the slave trade and were directly responsible for the establishment of certain colonies. But the last monarch with that kind of power was Charles I<\/a> who was demoted with an ax.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blame the governments of the time, or the relevant person in charge of the atrocities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Republicans<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Now I’m no die-hard monarchist – I certainly lean in the direction of republicanism, although I’m of the opinion that there are bigger political problems to solve first. And I don’t have a problem with republicans campaigning honestly and with legitimate issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although expecting change on a monarch change is a bit unrealistic – the next in line becomes the new monarch immediately upon the death of the old one. Whilst parliament determines the rules of succession; once in place as law, the succession takes place automatically. All the ceremonies that take place are merely confirmation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No the ones I’m irritated with are those who exaggerate the power of the monarchy to make their point. Almost all of the power of a monarch is wielded by parliament itself (with the exception of the King’s Consent<\/a> which needs to go). These are either ignorant or are being dishonest. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fact is that the undemocratic nature of our current electoral system is a far bigger problem that which puppet we stick a crown on. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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