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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by Barrin92 on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:27PM (#32819690)
>If the cost is some silly ceremony that is increasingly irrelevant every year, pay that cost.

is it though? The UK isn't the only country that has removed its leader in a no-confidence vote. Republics do it regularly just fine. The relationship to the monarchy you have to explain to me, British people don't receive their moral compass from the crown, although the barrage of Netflix shows on that family may create that image in the mind of people who romanticize Britain.

Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by staticassertion on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:33PM (#32819746)
I haven't watched any Netflix shows, so I really couldn't say. I just watch parliament, unedited, and sometimes BBC coverage. It's a leisure, I'm hardly an academic about it.

That said, I think you've misunderstood my post entirely.

a) If you think this system is just now creaking into life, I frankly don't know how. Again, major news very recently with Black Rod stomping in and various MPs protesting.

b) It's not that big of a deal relatively speaking. The monarchy is very clearly increasingly irrelevant, as it has been for some time. Obviously abolish that shit, but the initial post is a bit dramatic.

c) You should compare parliament to cspan sometime - our illiterate representatives don't even bother to show up.

Obviously the UK has plenty of issues, it's an interesting system to watch. Removing the monarchy might be a good step forward, obviously you should all do that. But it's not some 'creeking' 'deep state' system, it's very front and center, and it's really not your biggest problem by a longshot.

Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by agsnu on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:36PM (#32819764)
Hopefully the British people don't receive their moral compass from elected officials either, given the recent occupants of the office of Prime Minister...