I 100% support the Queen as Head of State and pray we will never have someone like Tony Blair as “President”. However, when we have a permanent EU President then our Monarch will no longer be our Head of state but will be reduced to mear provincial figurehead for a minor offshore part of the Greater Union.
The main problem with the monarchy, in my opinion, is the hangers on and the seemingly hundreds of minor royals and titled nobility. I am against an hereditary House of Lords (although an “appointed chamber” filled with Tony’s Cronies would be even worse!) and we should be dropping OBE, MBE, etc in favour of more modern forms recognition of merit. Similarly Knighthoods have had their day in my opinion, especially when they are handed out as a right to senior civil servants and political time servers.
If we are truly a meritocracy then we should not have such anachronisms in our society. I 100% support equality of opportunity and everyone should have the chance to achieve their potential. . I can accept the basic inconsistency of saying this and then supporting the Monarch but an exception does not disprove the rule. Society will not fail if we have a single hereditary position, especially one with constitutional safeguards such as ours. However you only need one, not the dozens we have now. I would fight for Queen and Country, but not Lord This, Lady That, etc, These people already have the advantages of wealth, property, privileged schools, etc, why give them airs and graces as well? Comrades, to the barricades!
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