Pedants' Corner

[Ray White]

Nothing to do with Austin Sevens of course, but an interesting diversion none the less. We still have a monarchy for political and religious reasons. By that I mean we have a "constitutional " monarchy. Should a political Party have a majority for the dissolution of the Monarchy as Head of State in favour of a directly elected Presidency they could sweep away a thousand years of tradition. Having said that, I suspect such a move would trigger a National Referendum and unless there were a massive swing against the Monarchy, if Charles- or more likely William - stood for election as King they would win hands down. The reason, I suppose, is that people generally don't like change unless they can see it is acting against their interests.