King Says A Republic Is Up To Australian People

[naomi24]

//King Charles has confirmed that it is up to the Australian people to decide whether the country remains a constitutional monarchy or becomes a republic.

 

Ahead of the King's visit to Australia next week, the Australian Republic Movement exchanged letters with Buckingham Palace officials, writing on the King's behalf.

 

A referendum on the issue was held in Australia in 1999, where people voted to remain a constitutional monarchy.//

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy4d22yl9kpo

 

The quest rumbles on.  Should they stay or should they go?

[Old_Geezer]

Charles attitude is quite right.

I don't think it's a should/shouldn't issue. It a subjective decision as to whether one wants to keep the tradition or separate from an old friend. And a lot would depend on whatever the Australian parliament intended to change as a result. One doesn't want to regret a decision after it's made. (Just compare with our recent General Election.)

[ToraToraTora]

The King is correct if they choose to have a referendum on it, then the vote should be respected. Unlike The Brexit vote here. 55% wanted to remain a monarchy 25 years ago, 25 years is considered a generation so I think another referendum now would not be unreasonable.

[davebro3]

Can we vote on it in (for) the UK?

[douglas9401]

What could possibly go wrong with a referendum? 🤣

[ynnafymmi]

Good luck to them on that.I hope that they are not intending to sue the British government for £800 billion like a lot of the ***-h*le countries of the Commonwealth are planning to do as"reparations"for the slave trade?

[Old_Geezer]

From past experience Doug, very little, except the minorities willingness to accept the result. But that might be a cultural deficiency.

[douglas9401]

I'm sure it'll all go smoothly as all the pertinent facts will be laid out before voters with no ifs or buts open to interpretation.

Of course the added bonus for Australians is that a man with a gold hat has said it's okay to go ahead and he's shown in the past that he's an absolute straight arrow.

[Barmaid]

I agree with O_G.

It seems that there is another option that they could choose their own monarch.  So they could choose Harry (although no idea why they would).  In time honoured tradition we get to ship those we do not want over there.

[ynnafymmi]

Perhaps the Ozzies dont want 100,000 unemployable fake asylum seekers sent over to Australia Barmaid?

[Peter Pedant]

Should they stay or should they go? Let them decide

This was a  issue in Canada - Pierre Trudeau thought it was a vote catcher to bring  "the carnstitootion home!"

HMG, lundy asked - what about the indigenous peoples -(Inuit and Indian that is! we are AB)

and Pierre the great democrat said - what about them?

and Lundy said the agreements were er agreed with the Great White Queen and her successors

and Pierre he thay - yeah us and Lundy said no Elizabeth II

and Pierre the liberator said - "o come arn!"! words !

and Lundy said: tell us what guarantees you are going to put in the new great document of liberty in Otto-waaaaaa

and Pierre  said "none silly - plan A is to bring home the carnstitution and abrogate the treaties with the Eskimo and Indians so they have no more rights that the Great Canadian Citizen !

and London said no - no go until you come up with PLan B where the treaties of 1800s are mentioned and preserved

and that was that

I doan know what happened in the end - Pierre the demagogue declared victory and the carnstitootion stayed in London

dunno.

so as ALdex Salmond Found - crossing out " scottish  office" and writint in felt tip The Gubmint of Scotland and the Isles - may not be sufficient

 

[Peter Pedant]

It seems that there is another option that they could choose their own monarch. 

yup

Aliens Bill in Scortland 170x - voted that the next king of Scotland sould NOT be the king of England unless various guarantees were given

Anne ( Anna  the Great) felt obliged to veto that one - one of the  last Royal Vetoes - La reyne remercies ses bons sujets et s'avisera - "I will  go and seeenk about that one"

and that was the impetus toward political untion

aided by - The Darrien expedition 1697 was a disaster and consumed about 1/3 of the scots GDP. Like you know the GDP was a million before and was now £600k - whoopsie!

oh er and London agreed to pay off the debt

[Peter Pedant]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Security_1704

see also Aliens Act 1705 - London's answer

but we really always knew that didnt we?

[Peter Pedant]

Blimey Pierr T declared victory ( victoire!) even thos the quebeckers voted non !

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriation#:.

[Ellipsis]

If it's a referendum, let's hope that it's better organised than the UK could muster in 2016 ...

[ToraToraTora]

19:43 explain, how was it poorly organised? There were no voting anomolies, clean run, no one thought there was any fraud. I don't see what you are getting at.

[DTCwordfan]

Kangaroo meat is delicious - Keir, just secure a discounted supply before you cede the next colony...oops, the next Commonwealth country.

[Old_Geezer]

Ozzieland already has plenty of illegal immigration which is unlikely to change regardless of the King's stay or departure. In fact they also have a mirror issue regarding the natives who didn't want a European born majority and their descendants in the first place. But they have them now anyway.

[Ellipsis]

Let's put it this way, if Remain had won with 37% of the electorate, versus 35% to Leave, we probably would have had another referendum by now ... as "St Nige" demanded when he thought he'd lost.

[Old_Geezer]

I see no reason to believe any such thing. Where is the evidence ?

[Togo]

If or when the ozzies decide to go it alone   ...   will they be demanding compensayshun?