The conflation… one is almost tempted to say the camouflaging of something that is of genuine importance – the opening of the schools of England, and the soma… no… the opium of Royal fairy dust. And the relative positioning of these two stories (well, one story, and a piece of romance) on the page tells all.
After the events of Brexit, and the recent exposure of the real influence of the Royal family in the drafting of laws in this country to protect their power, money and influence, I would happily welcome a Republic in the UK – we could have the Speaker of the House of Commons as head of state. He/she would be head of state, and Speaker for one term of 5 years. Of course, what we really need in plucky little Brexit-land is a written constitution. The people were promised one after the ‘Bloodless Revolution’ of 1688, but somehow the rush to empire and the desire to loot the world got in the way of setting down on paper the job descriptions of the people who really run the UK.
As the UK is now falling down the league tables of nations, because of Brexit our politicians and lawyers will have more time to get on with writing that constitution. The break-up of the UK is the ideal moment. And please, no comments about how important the monarch is. We… I was brought up on the premise that the monarchy was the guarantee of democratic governance. Well, Brexit revealed who holds the real power in the UK. HM did exactly as she was told by the Fat Satyr. She closed down parliament when she was instructed. Thank you, Ma’am! We now know on whose side you are.
As for the current characters in the soap-opera that is the Royal Family… do they have a single ‘A’-level between them? Have any of them read any novels… written any books… done anything to demonstrate an innate intelligence? Scrap it all. Let’s be done with this opiate.
If it is such a draw for tourism… and I doubt it, ship it all to the USA and make a theme -park of it. Perhaps that is what Harry and Meghan will do. A living, real monarch is not essential for tourism. The biggest tourist attraction on Earth is Republican France. Yes, the tourists go to Versailles, but there is no one on that throne.
The Nielsen rating will be off the scale for the Harry-Meghan-Oprah show this evening… perhaps a quarter of humanity will watch this bun-fight. It will be the ‘who shot JR’ episode of the Royal Family.
Bowditch Williams
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