Why did great britain retain its monarchy?

Question

full details would be great....

Answer 1

this link might interest you http://www.ucgstp.org/lit/gn/gn003/gn003...   I personally wonder if the Monarchy were 'abolished'   what people calling for this would have them replaced with?  president Tony Blair doesn't sound very reassuring, or would they prefer someone like Mugabe?

Answer 2

1. Because presidents are no better than royals, and potentially worse ....

a) USA

● George W Bush - incoherent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sy05zj0X2...

● Bill Clinton - deceitful

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpsGryBxy...

● George Bush (Sr.) - inarticulate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiPzM98h7...

● Gerald Ford - uninformed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8rg9c4pU...

● Richard Nixon - criminal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BxeFMHyOx...

b) Russia

● Vladimir Putin - drunkard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3M2RLAAcP...

● Boris Yeltsin - drunkard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-z9wfueM...

c) France

● Nicolas Sarkozy - drunkard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4u3449L5...

● Charles de Gaulle - divisive

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaZFvfdie...

2. GB has had plenty of idiots who could have continued this shameful presidential tradition ....

a) Boris Johnson, Mayor of London - uninformed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSI9ToOAd...

b) John Prescott, former Deputy Prime Minister - belligerent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhCc2f53v...

c) Tony Blair, former Prime Minister - liar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSieUhqIR...

d) Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister - war-mongerer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGxsLbK9F...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbJUC7XtZ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWOy23MLY...

e) Neil Kinnock, former Labour Leader - clumsy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh8ktNsie...