Originally Posted by
-:Undertaker:-
If we had a President we would still get the same officaldom ceremonies, just it would be without the British pomp (which fuels the tourism and embodies our constitution and thus our country) and it would be somebody like Mr Blair or Mr Cameron sitting in Buckingham Palace. Now is that what you republicans really want, a President Blair and his first lady Cherie sitting in Buckingham Palace? personally I can't think of anything more that would signal the destruction of our country as that horrid image.
I shall be watching - the monarchy helps gurantee our ultimate liberty, avoids consitutional uprisings/political crisis and symbolises our country.