Not Into Gobbing

[poliphilo]

They were commiserating with the royal family at Meeting today. Apparently the leaked revelations from Harry's Autobiography have hit the Windsors hard.

Ailz, being mischievous, told the group that I was a Republican- and would like nothing better than to herd the royals into a cellar and let loose with a machine gun.

I played along, but afterwards thought, "I'm no more a republican than I'm a royalist. I don't want there to be to be a king, but I don't want there to be a president either. I don't dislike one particular form of government; I dislike all forms of government.

The proper word for what I am is an anarchist- but I hesitate to embrace it because people think anarchists are wild-eyed folk who want to gob on them.

Comments

[heleninwales]

The president problem was the reason why for years I reluctantly accepted a monarch as head of state, but a president doesn't necessarily need to have any political power. My preference now would be for the sort of president they have in Ireland. Basically I want a person who can represent the country when necessary but who is apolitical. Alternatively, I would accept a greatly downsized royal family stripped of most of their castles and land.

[poliphilo]

Ireland has done very well by its presidents.

A greatly reduced royal family is probably where we're heading- at least in the short term- and Harry is working very hard to make it a reality.