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well I'd keep the house of commons, ie the bit that is currently elected and makes all the decisions, as it is (well OK maybe proportional representation but that's another argument for another time) as it stands, the house of lords has been reformed so that there are very few hereditary peers left ...

yes on a slightly more serious note, I do think demarchy (randomly selecting lawmakers from the population) is an interesting concept it's genuinely the direction I'd like house of lords reform to go in, say we have 500 members and each has a 5-year term, a fifth of the house would be changed every...

uraniun, almost certainly, and it'd be like germany where the post is purely ceremonial I quite like the idea of choosing a random person out of the population to be king/queen for a few years though I wouldn't even base it on citizenship, just anyone living here at the right time... maybe use the c...

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I actually think dismissing your political opponents as idiots is always counter-productive
it's an easy way of feeling smug about doing nothing

They also have diplomatic uses, and I think there is some prestige or something attached to them, I suspect it's more fun to have a visit from the queen than some bland faceless suit and tie foreign secretary also I know that prince andrew does a lot of lobbying for the british weapons industry, so ...

oh god UK republicans I can see where they are coming from since, you know, the queen represents entrenched interests and the overall shitty class distinctions and historic injustice enclosure act highland clearance etc etc but I just don't get how anyone can really get worked up about the issue so ...

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Don't know if that was the one I was thinking of, but it'll do perfectly, cheers you're a diamond geezer.

Yeah, I honestly don't know how to respond to that. SHould I make the socialist argument that governments should act in the interests of their people and keeping people fed and off the streets >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the profits of United Fruits? Or maybe I could approach with the example of Vietnam, in...