@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Who authorized it did we have a say on it .

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby It most certainly is!

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Not true.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Head of State is a position in the governmental structure, irrespective of its powers. Even if the public will is not to replace it, we should at least demand complete transparency and accountability. If they serve the people, they are accountable to the people.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Our King was born to serve... and thats what he does. Stop the silly word playing.

@GrahamSmith_ @MaddestMa @KateMaltby The idea that it's possible to ascend politics and ideology and enter a realm of pure objective impartial truth is in itself a right wing ideological stance

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby They will never give up their privileges. Imagine being treated as disdainfully as a commoner is treated, and having to uphold common laws and taxes.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Always ask if you were setting up a new country wound this be the system you’d choose?

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Indeed! I haven't seen the video mentioned, but I wonder whether it includes among Charles's talents the ability to imitate Bluebottle of The Goon Show.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby More seriously, the arrests on Saturday do indeed give the lie to the belief in the monarchy as a stout defence against tyranny. The Queen acceded to Boris Johnson's request to prorogue Parliament. The royal prerogative allows the PM to decide when to hold a general election.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby I've just woken up to this truth, as I saw the people that actually represented the majority, being rounded up and arrested so the minority didn't get disrupted. Over 50% of the public disagreed with the coronation being publicity funded

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Well he was, in the sense that he inherited the role from his mother.....and so on back through the centuries....but yes, WHY? What do they actually DO, other than consume resources?

@GrahamSmith_ @RepublicStaff @KateMaltby Technically they're correct. Whether he should have been is the real question. An unfortunate accident could also have given us King Andrew I...

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Charles was born to rule, but not in the way the saying means. He only has his kingship because he’s the son of the Queen. That doesn’t mean he’s any good at the job or whether it’s right in this day and age for there to be a heredity monarchy. It’s feudal and should be abolished

@GrahamSmith_ @RepublicStaff @KateMaltby I am concerned that even my most learned of friends ask the question, who would be head of state if not the monarch followed up by statements such as, we’d be in danger of electing someone like Trump. I am astonished intelligent people think like this.

@GrahamSmith_ @Athelwulf_wulf @KateMaltby Maybe they thought he said he was born to run.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby It would be indeed be controversial if Charles Mountbatten-Windsor did “Rule”.

@GrahamSmith_ @RepublicStaff @KateMaltby Think about it. If you were planning society from scratch would you say “Let’s have one family that is way more important and richer than the rest of us, plus give them constitutional powers” 🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby The problem with Republican arguments much the same as Remainer argument or indeed any activist argument, is that these are arguments that are there to attract people who already agree with you rather than persuade people who don’t.

@GrahamSmith_ @KateMaltby Somewhere back in the epoch of time a person stepped up and took charge of a group, he was good at it, he made decisions that benefitted their society this made him the leader of the group Groups of people always needed guidance so they made it an official thing...