Do most UKr's like the monarchy or want to see it gone and replaced with democrasy?

Question

Do most UKr's like the monarchy or want to see it gone and replaced with democrasy?

Answer 1

It would be nice to have a proper democracy especially at a time when British soldiers are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan so the those people can have the right to elect their own Head of State, a right denied to those soldiers.

I have never heard anyone say the we should fight to install a royal family in those countries.

Every British child is borne with the handicap of never being able to achieve the top political job unless they are born into one family.

Is this how we would choose our doctors or builders.

It doesn't make sense.

Answer 2

Royalty has got nothing to do with democracy. Have you studied politics ?

Answer 3

Firstly, I'd learn to spell. There is no such thing a UKr's and it's "democracy".

We are British (although those in Northern Ireland may consider themselves Northern Irish).

We do have a democracy in common with most other constitutional monarchies. The Queen reigns but does not rule, she has very little real power, the power rests mainly in the hands of the Prime Minister and the ruling Government of the day.

Answer 4

Oh how quaintly retarded,UKrs.The only thing we British would like to see gone are questions of this nature,especially when they are asked by people,who obviously haven't even  the intelligence to pose the question inoffensively.

Answer 5

We have a democracy filled with bozos like you.

Answer 6

82% are in favour of a constitutional monarchy. Only the rich who would have a chance of becoming head of state want republicanism.

And we "UKers" invented democracy.

Answer 7

News article from Dec 28, 2007 regarding how the Brits felt about the British monarchy:

Poll respondents back UK monarchy: Almost 80% of people questioned in a telephone poll for the BBC have said Britain should retain its monarchy. Some 78% of respondents agreed that Britain should still have a royal family and 19% disagreed. Asked if the monarchy should end when Queen Elizabeth dies, 68% disagreed and 28% agreed. When asked if there will be a monarchy in 30 years' time, 80% said yes and 15% said no. Meanwhile, a separate poll has suggested that most young people would keep the monarchy, despite more than half saying the royals do not provide value for money. Nearly 70% of 18 to 24-year-olds would keep the royals and overall only 16% of people would vote for a republic.

The poll of 1,004 people, commissioned by Discovery Channel, found that over 80% thought that Prince William's girlfriend Kate Middleton would be a good addition to the Royal Family. But William's stepmother Camilla received less support from the public - with less than half of those questioned saying she was a good ambassador for the Royal Family. Almost 70% of people said they still had more admiration for Diana, Princess of Wales, than for Prince Charles's new wife.

Retrived at

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7162649.st...

Answer 8

It depends on the individual, but statistically, 80 p.c. of us don't hate it. I personally have no opinion. They're okay, but I would not mind a republic, either.

Answer 9

Firstly, the UK already is a democracy - maybe not the world's best, but a constitutional monarchy along with Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and others.

Instead of a specific constitution, we have a body of constitutional law.  Many of us think a formal constitution perhaps on Swedish lines would be better than this.

A majority of the British want to retain the monarchy, but it's interesting to note that the worse educated people are, the more royalist they tend to be - and research suggests that a majority of British graduate professionals are republicans, though not of the 'off with their heads' variety.

Answer 10

Firstly we refer to ourselves as British not UKers and secondly we do have a democracy. The British monarchy is constitutional that is it is subject to the will of the People as expressed through Parliament. The monarch is the Head of State not the Head of Government. That role is performed by the Prime Minister. Who is directly elected by his or her consituents as a Member of Parliament. Unlike the Head of Government in the USA, that is the President, who is not directly elected by the People at all. So, it could be argued that the UK is in fact more democratic than America. I know many Americans will probably dislike this answer, but will have to realise that their country isn't always quite as wonderful as they believe it to be.