British news paper salutes Canada

[IAN 2411]

You have a point. A survey by the Morgan Poll in May 2011 showed support for the Australian monarchy was 55% (up 17% since 1999), whereas the support for a republic was at 34% (down 20%). Quite a turnaround ... but then, this was just weeks after a glamourous Royal Wedding had taken place to take the people's minds off their other troubles.
An earlier poll by the Sydney Morning Herald indicated a substantial majority of people think Australia should become a republic, either immediately or upon the Queen's death.

My point, however, is that many politicians in Australia argue for a "resident President" even if they cannot yet rely on sufficient public support. I don't think any one of them seeks the Australian Crown for himself.

The strangest thing about that last vote, one of her most trusted Secretaries was interviewed on TV a few months later. I believe he stated at the time that the Queen and the British Government were not exactly hoping the vote would go the other way, but they were not going to be worried if it did. As I said in my other post, the Queen is only a figure head and nothing more. I also think that the Australians are glad of their independence but the thought of a being called a Republic does not go down well with them. I do however think that the poll might turn out to be correct if the queen died. I do think that even if this takes place they will stay in the commonwealth for trading purposes. They use the UK as a back door into Europe the same as Europe use the UK as a way to trade with the commonwealth. I think at times that Europe’s trading laws are a waste of time as we all need each other to stay afloat.

(As for Europe, we are in that particular organisation for our own protection against other stronger economic forces in the world, and we'll be in it for as long as the EU exists, which will be much longer than commentators are currently suggesting. We'll just make ourselves a pain in the arse for the others, like we always have been.)

I agree with you 100%, it is inevitable that we will become intergrated with Europe in years to come, but I don’t think it will be in my lifetime. I think it will be a great many years yet though before the UK commits itself to the Euro zone. At the moment it is in a piss poor state and as soon as they get rid of Kirmit the frog things might improve. He is trying to bully the UK, and he should know that we don’t like bullies. We have a trade deficit of £1billion every year with Europe, and it will hurt them more than us to push us aside. Angela Merkal knows this and although the British public might not agree with me, she is doing no different than the UK. She is looking after her own country that has a lot more to lose than France if the Euro fails.

Wasn't there a single dissenting Québécois?

Probably thousands...lol

Be well IAN 2411