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Which way would you vote in a referendum on the monarchy?

737 replies

O11 · 09/09/2022 23:14

Now that the Queen is gone, if there were ever to be a referendum, would you vote to keep or abolish?

I would vote to abolish.

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rocketfromthecrypt · 10/09/2022 07:05

Keep

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steppon · 10/09/2022 07:06

The Royal Family all seem to have a sense of duty and treat their role with the gravitas such a job requires.

except Andrew...

However of course they do this otherwise there would be more people calling to abolish them.

lobsterkiller · 10/09/2022 07:07

Keep.

clarrylove · 10/09/2022 07:07

Keep. The rate we go through PMs, it's the only stability we have.

Perfect28 · 10/09/2022 07:08

Christ this thread is depressing. People like being lowly servants to rich aristocrats I guess. 🤮

L1f30fp1 · 10/09/2022 07:09

Keep. They put the Tory PMs we’ve been afflicted with to shame.

steppon · 10/09/2022 07:12

@Blueberrywitch very true!

Novella4 · 10/09/2022 07:12

Abolish

The uninformed opinions tacked on to some 'Keep' posts are astounding

Educate yourself: then continue to stick your head in the sand if you must

www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51877169-and-what-do-you-do

LadyCatStark · 10/09/2022 07:13

Abolish now that the Queen has gone.

Tonysopranosghost · 10/09/2022 07:13

Abolish.

Fooshufflewickjbannanapants · 10/09/2022 07:17

Keep

MamaRaisingBoys · 10/09/2022 07:18

Keep

Tumbleweed101 · 10/09/2022 07:21

Keep. Mainly because I like the history and ceremony around it all and so much would need to be changed.

Right now there is nothing better either. This country feels completely leaderless and falling into chaos. The system we have for electing PMs seems completely outdated too.

Els1e · 10/09/2022 07:22

Keep

steppon · 10/09/2022 07:26

This country feels completely leaderless and falling into chaos.

this is with them so why would it be a big change without them?

Hawkins001 · 10/09/2022 07:26

Keep the monarchy

Divebar2021 · 10/09/2022 07:29

Undecided - I don’t think we’d turn into this marvellous egalitarian society without them. They’d still be rich and we’d be a slightly greyer more boring country. Still I appreciate the whole concept is extraordinary.

Volterra · 10/09/2022 07:32

I want precise details and costs of the alternative versus current costs, plus details of how an alternative would be removed and what type of voting system there would be before I could answer that question.

Shade17 · 10/09/2022 07:33

Keep

themessygarden · 10/09/2022 07:34

Keep

Yirk · 10/09/2022 07:36

Keep

autienotnaughty · 10/09/2022 07:39

Keep

PermanentTemporary · 10/09/2022 07:39

Probably what Volterra said. I'm so afraid there'd be a President Farage.

But in spite of that fear - Abolish. I think it's cruel to bring up children to be in that position.