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Adam Tomkins on the flaws of Britain's constitutional monarchy
British legal scholar Professor Adam Tomkins discusses the country's constitutional monarchy. Adam is a supporter of Republic - an organisation which calls for the people of Britain to be granted the right to democratically elect their head of state. http://www.republic.org.uk/
Footage of Republic at the Convention on Modern Liberty. Republic is a British campaign organisation which calls for the people of Britain to be granted the right to elect their head of state. http://www.republic.org.uk/
Former BBC Political Editor John Cole discusses his republican beliefs with Graham Smith. Republic is an organisation which calls for the people of Britain to be granted the right to elect their head of state. http://www.republic.org.uk/
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Monarchy v democracy - time for an elected Head of State?
Labour MP Andrew MacKinlay sets out the case for an elected head of state. Hitler may have lost the war, but a monarch of German descent sits on the throne of Britain . Queen Elizabeth II is a descendant of the German Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. The real issue is, of course, not the non-British heritage of the British Royal Family, but the fact that we have an unelected and largely unaccountable monarch as our Head of State. Monarchs get the job for life, no matter how appallingly they behave. Imagine the embarrassment of having a king like the insensitive, gaffe-prone Prince Philip. The alternative to royalty is not a US-style executive president. We could have an elected president, but a low-cost, purely ceremonial one, like the Irish. This would ensure that the people are sovereign, not the royals. And we get an important safeguard: if we don't like our head of state, we can elect a new one. Is it time for a democratic republic? 14.06.07
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