tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post7127546051490385021..comments2023-10-14T13:18:37.330+01:00Comments on angels in marble: The UK Needs More Than 'Privacy From State Snooping'hatfield girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12673905475452420002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-1382084030542965062012-04-05T16:11:27.976+01:002012-04-05T16:11:27.976+01:00Perhaps we could snitch the American one - with/wi...Perhaps we could snitch the American one - with/without the amendments - as a reasonable place to start? I largely agree with the part time sailor above.Nomadnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-43310750966011001342012-04-05T11:37:20.877+01:002012-04-05T11:37:20.877+01:00We do NOT need an elected Head of State - which wo...We do NOT need an elected Head of State - which would contaminate the whole thing via party politics and the general evils of money-grubbing and patronage.<br /><br />We do NOT want an appointed Head of State - merely to imagine the kind of people Blair or Brown would have put into the job, is reason enough.<br /><br />The Monarchy is far from perfect (HM should have vetoed a lot of the European enabling legislation, for example) but it's infinitely better than the possible alternatives. <br /><br />Vivat Regina!<br /><br />We do need, a written constitution.<br /><br />What would be good, would be the sort of constitution that would have been written by freedom-loving English gentlemen some time around the Napoleonic wars: such a constitution would be strong on liberty, due process, and the rule of law, and would consist largely of a list of things the State would NOT be allowed to do.<br /><br />The problem is that we wouldn't get that; we would get a constitution written by the current political class, which would simply cement the current abuses in place, while leaving the door wide open to any more abuses they think of in future.<br /><br />See also Raedwald's post on similar points: http://raedwald.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/old-swan.html including the comments!Weekend Yachtsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04262853091154005651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-31605546966725798262012-04-04T17:39:18.766+01:002012-04-04T17:39:18.766+01:00I will see your France and raise you Italy, Antist...I will see your France and raise you Italy, Antisthenes, though even there while it may be rough, corrupt, quite scary at times, feudalism was voted out in 1946. The Italian Constitution works.Carontenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2956830097495837473.post-48245951537494954752012-04-04T11:51:01.664+01:002012-04-04T11:51:01.664+01:00The monarchy not perfect but far from broken - lea...The monarchy not perfect but far from broken - leave well alone I say. As for other European states being more democratic I challenge that. I live in France and a more authoritarian and corrupt society would be very hard to find in the Western world.Antistheneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10120647617145756102noreply@blogger.com