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Republic in the UK?
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RE: Republic in the UK?
(April 27, 2012 at 5:51 am)soitgoes Wrote: Any of my fellow Brits out here keen to stop the unwarranted hypocrisy of our support for democracy in Lybia, Iraq, Afghan and so on, whilst our head of state is unelected, along with about of third of our parliament?

Even if you managed to put up a united front for becoming a republic there is no way it would happen. You'd be allowed to "voice our opinions" in a designated area under the watchful eye of the police and then go home at the prearranged time. If you voice our opinions alittle too loudly you'd get pepper sprayed which would be a top story for about a week then be swept under the carpet. After that the voices of protest will fade and then the memory of those voices will fade. The remnants will later be branded as crackpots or radicals and be mocked on TV panel shows.
What little sway or power protest had died in the 80s, you have no power over how your society is governed. When those in power have milked this country clean of whatever they can they will emigrate to a nice, sunny climate and enjoy their pilfered wealth leaving us with a skapegoat to blame for everything.
Thats how the system works, until it can no longer be sustained that is how it will continue to work. Then perhaps your protests will hold sway over the disenchanted masses.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie and with strange aeons even death may die." 
- Abdul Alhazred.
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Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 5:51 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 27, 2012 at 5:56 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by frankiej - April 27, 2012 at 5:56 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 5:57 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Zen Badger - April 27, 2012 at 8:38 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 9:22 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Minimalist - April 27, 2012 at 2:41 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by 5thHorseman - April 27, 2012 at 9:35 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 9:39 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by downbeatplumb - April 27, 2012 at 12:03 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by KichigaiNeko - April 27, 2012 at 9:41 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 9:47 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by KichigaiNeko - April 27, 2012 at 9:57 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 10:11 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by NoMoreFaith - April 27, 2012 at 10:40 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by KichigaiNeko - April 27, 2012 at 10:14 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 27, 2012 at 6:16 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Anomalocaris - April 27, 2012 at 6:52 pm
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 10:32 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by frankiej - April 27, 2012 at 10:33 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 27, 2012 at 10:49 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tobie - April 27, 2012 at 12:01 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by LastPoet - April 27, 2012 at 2:35 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by kılıç_mehmet - April 28, 2012 at 11:45 am
Republic in the UK? - by soitgoes - April 28, 2012 at 1:15 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by padraic - April 28, 2012 at 7:37 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 29, 2012 at 5:40 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Autumnlicious - April 28, 2012 at 8:17 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by padraic - April 28, 2012 at 9:51 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by padraic - April 29, 2012 at 11:31 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 30, 2012 at 3:26 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tempus - April 30, 2012 at 6:13 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 30, 2012 at 8:43 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Reforged - April 30, 2012 at 7:07 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Gooders1002 - April 30, 2012 at 8:39 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Faith No More - April 30, 2012 at 8:50 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 30, 2012 at 8:55 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Gooders1002 - April 30, 2012 at 9:54 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 30, 2012 at 10:03 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by frankiej - April 30, 2012 at 10:13 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Gooders1002 - April 30, 2012 at 10:27 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - April 30, 2012 at 10:47 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Gooders1002 - April 30, 2012 at 10:50 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Faith No More - April 30, 2012 at 3:38 pm
RE: Republic in the UK? - by Tiberius - May 1, 2012 at 2:23 am
RE: Republic in the UK? - by padraic - April 30, 2012 at 11:01 pm

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