NationStates Jolt Archive

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I was great. He explained how emigration made Britain great

And I'm calm now :)
I like the system the way it is. May be we can cut the numbers on the civil list but I think on balance the royal family bring more and pay more money into the economy than they take from it. What is never put about is the rent and other monies due tothe queen that she hands over to the state. Last I checked it was £250 million two years ago. Don't want a president or any of that corruption, the day the queen goes is the day I emigrate.
Just imagine two faced Tony as our president!

The lands which allegedly mean that the queen pays for herself are Crown lands. Therefore, if Britain became a Republic they would become State owned.

How can a cerimonial President be corrupt?

On Tony being president. Easy, but a life long bar on Prime Ministers becoming President. And maybe a 10 years bar on MPs.

By the way: how would you name your country without a monarchy. UK wouldn´t do.
Probably United States of (Great) Britain (USB)???? :twisted:

They represent the unity of the United Kingdom? By being what? German and exclusively aristocratic and elitist?

As for the name- Republic of Great Britain, I think.

You people do realise that "Great Britain" refers only to the landmass which is comprised of Scotland, Wales and England, don't you? What are you all planning to do to Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, and the other miscellaneous parts of the UK?



Quite. Maybe the only reason to keep the monarchy is so we can use the UK as a catch-all term. Otherwise we're buggered. I can't see something like Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Territories and Colonies (GBNITC) catching on and there's no way we'll get away with being called something like The Republic. Mind you, UK (& US) are enormously arrogant terms, as if they are THE United Kingdom/States.

Are the Channel Islands and Isle Of Man part of the UK? Because the Isle of Man has its own parliament. And you always have to fill stuff in differently if you live there, too. Surely if we did become a Republic, we could incorporate the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands into the current UK, to create The British Republic. That's not as arrogant as calling ourselves THE United Kingdom (surely it should be Kingdoms?). Or, we could devolve and have the Republic Of England, The Scottish Republic, give Northern Ireland to the Irish and Wales... to the highest bidder. I suggest we put it on Ebay.

Hmmm... maybe we should bring in some young colt from the London advertising firms and get a rebranding. You know, drop 'The', de-capitalise the first letter of the name and get a funky symbol.

Oops, someone might actually do that. I tell ye, come the revolution, ad execs will be first up against the wall.