Warbler said:
not really sure why President Thatcher or Blair is worse than PM Thatcher or Blair.
Is it not correct that in Britain, in order for a piece of legislation to become law, it has to be signed by the Queen? Does she not technically have the power to block legislation. This is a person who was not elected by anyone, but has her power solely because of who her father was. I deem that as a horrible situation. I am not saying to you should totally get rid of your monarchy, I just think the monarch should have no power whatsoever. Even if her power is just a formality, she shouldn't have it. No one elected her. I thank God I have no king or queen.
you never answered as to if you have representation the British parliament. In 1776, America had no representation in the British parliament.
President Thatcher would be the head of state, she would represent the spirit of the nation and be the focus of patriotism she would also be a professional transient politician, elected by under 30% of the people (who could be bothered to vote) that's about the same percentage of people who want to abolish the monarchy in the UK. Thatcher PM famously adopted the Royal We when announcing the birth of her grandchild and Blair PM frequently acted as if he was an absolute monarch as was one of the most hated people in the country until Brown replaced him.
The monarch represents no single party, is trained from birth (usually) for that role, has only constitutional powers of ceremony (she is the living host of the crown, a symbol of state) and she is appointed by God (who kind of out-ranks the twits who get into debt paying for the pre-teens designer underpants and hardly bother to vote when they have the chance).
Personally I'm coming to the opinion that the monarch should be picked by lottery or a talent contest (it's something most people understand and could get behind, they'd get into debt with the phone company ringing in their votes for that show).
You win the right to wear the crown for life but can abdicate when it gets too much.
The Queen is also the head of the established church so imagine what a spaced out weird CofE there would be if an urban dance troop were the Royal Family.