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This guy should write another piece explaining why England is a republic since the Magna Carta, with senators wily enough to pilfer Augustus' "The Republic is f
by B1FF_PSUVM 5y ago
This guy should write another piece explaining why England is a republic since the Magna Carta, with senators wily enough to pilfer Augustus' "The Republic is functioning regularly" and make it "The Monarchy is functioning regularly" (except for the occasional termination with great prejudice of 'monarchs' who got ideas).
- thomasfoster96 5y agoI’m not sure if you’re joking (sorry), but a ‘crowned republic’ [0] is definitely a common way to characterise the effective political system of many constitutional monarchies today — in particular the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowned_republic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowned_republic
- davidgay 5y ago> why England is a republic since the Magna Carta You'd have a much better case if you went with "since the Civil War" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War) or "since the Glorious Revolution" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_Revolution)...