Because we know it would not be in our interests to do so. That is not really pertinent to the discussion. (View Post)

Whilst I agree with you, I don't think HYUFD was referring to casualties of war killed by the enemy but to the state actively killing its own population. They are two very different things. (View Post)

There is no possible comparison between the pre-WW1 monarchs and the constitutional monarchs of today. The only valid comparison would be between post WW1 monarchs and their contemporary presidents. … (View Post)

Not if that monarch is circumscribed by law in the way they are in modern European monarchies. Indeed both a PM and an elected ceremonial president could try to claim some sort of democratic mandate … (View Post)

So you want a political head of state who can challenge the authority of the democratically elected Parliament. No thanks. (View Post)