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Originally Posted by Britannist
We don't want to end up with pro-EU Heseltine, John Prescott or election losers such as the europhile Patten or Kinnock (former EU Commissioners) as our Head of State.
I mean, it wouldn't be a very nice thing telling our excellent and brave armed forces that they were serving a Head of State like one of that lot, would it?
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First what makes you assume it would be one of them ?
Second British troops are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan for one T Bliar and his successor G Brown
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I would also add, Smidgey, that since you are Scottish - the Union of the UK more easily stays together when we have a Monarch. There are many who would take the view that the people of Scotland might be less likely to support the Union (of the UK) if the Head of State were an elected President (i.e. businessman, ex-politician or a celebrity) - someone voted in by an electorate in which the Scottish proportion would be about 10%. Our Monarchy is part of the history of Scotland as well as England and both Scots and English people are understandably more loyal to The Crown than they would be to a President who almost certainly would have been backed (as a candidate) by one of the big political parties.
Republicanism endangers the ancient Union that is the UK.
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Conjuncture and its not a particularly ancient Union but as I said before the whole is greater then the sum of the parts The UK punches above it's weight if the states were separated out then their influence would diminish quite rapidly
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