He spent years pushing homeopathy, including trying to keep homeopathy as something prescribable by the English NHS. (We even used to have Homeopathic Hospitals in the NHS. He appointed a quack as...
He spent years pushing homeopathy, including trying to keep homeopathy as something prescribable by the English NHS. (We even used to have Homeopathic Hospitals in the NHS.
I dunno. I'm getting palliative cancer care at the moment and I have to spend a surprising amount of time telling people that I'm not interested in whatever dumb idea they're pushing at me.
Cancer is never good news, but in terms of the monarchy this is good news. Either he survives and he's not the king who beat cancer and so republicanism is less possible, or he dies and William gets in and William is not as hated as Charles is so republicanism is less possible.
For people outside the UK wondering why we're not yet a republic: I honestly believe it's because people like Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone, or Boris Johnstone exist, and we see who'd be in the running for president and goodness they're just terrible human beings. The Queen was perceived to be hands-off -- a dignified figure. She was clearly intelligent and had a sense of humour, so she was popular, even grudgingly so among some of the republican groups.
Huh, as a Canadian, I've never really thought much about what would happen to our political system (as a commonwealth) if the UK booted the monarchy. I certainly don't feel like monarchs should...
Huh, as a Canadian, I've never really thought much about what would happen to our political system (as a commonwealth) if the UK booted the monarchy.
I certainly don't feel like monarchs should have any real power, and also get the commonwealths exist because colonialism and all the shit that wrought, but also, I guess there's something vaguely comforting about having some sort of connection with some other countries around the world? I dunno, I'm sure I'm opening myself up to a lot of valid critiques, which is fine, but I will qualify I'm more just musing and not really stating a strong opinion.
I believe in practice it'd actually be easier for the UK to get rid of the monarchy than it would be for Canada due to how tied up the monarchy is within Canada's constitution. I've heard,...
I believe in practice it'd actually be easier for the UK to get rid of the monarchy than it would be for Canada due to how tied up the monarchy is within Canada's constitution. I've heard, although I can't remember where from, that if the UK ever voted to become a Republic the plan would be for the monarch to simply relocate to Canada.
Which makes perfect sense for me as that’s basically the setting in the HoI4 alt-history mod Kaiserreich. And this leads to frictions between the old British monarchist elite and local Canadian...
Which makes perfect sense for me as that’s basically the setting in the HoI4 alt-history mod Kaiserreich. And this leads to frictions between the old British monarchist elite and local Canadian politics.
We would still have the same connection with the commonwealth if there weren’t a monarchy, but better because there wouldn’t be a monarchy. Siblings still form a family after their abusive parent...
We would still have the same connection with the commonwealth if there weren’t a monarchy, but better because there wouldn’t be a monarchy. Siblings still form a family after their abusive parent dies.
heads up: the url says “prostate cancer” but the article makes it pretty clear that nature of the cancer is not currently public knowledge, and that the cancer diagnosis stemmed from a “separate...
heads up: the url says “prostate cancer” but the article makes it pretty clear that nature of the cancer is not currently public knowledge, and that the cancer diagnosis stemmed from a “separate issue of concern” from the “benign prostate enlargement” he has been receiving treatment for.
He spent years pushing homeopathy, including trying to keep homeopathy as something prescribable by the English NHS. (We even used to have Homeopathic Hospitals in the NHS.
He appointed a quack as royal doctor: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/10/king-charles-criticised-appointing-homeopath-michael-dixon-head-royal-medical-household
I dunno. I'm getting palliative cancer care at the moment and I have to spend a surprising amount of time telling people that I'm not interested in whatever dumb idea they're pushing at me.
Cancer is never good news, but in terms of the monarchy this is good news. Either he survives and he's not the king who beat cancer and so republicanism is less possible, or he dies and William gets in and William is not as hated as Charles is so republicanism is less possible.
For people outside the UK wondering why we're not yet a republic: I honestly believe it's because people like Tony Blair, Ken Livingstone, or Boris Johnstone exist, and we see who'd be in the running for president and goodness they're just terrible human beings. The Queen was perceived to be hands-off -- a dignified figure. She was clearly intelligent and had a sense of humour, so she was popular, even grudgingly so among some of the republican groups.
Huh, as a Canadian, I've never really thought much about what would happen to our political system (as a commonwealth) if the UK booted the monarchy.
I certainly don't feel like monarchs should have any real power, and also get the commonwealths exist because colonialism and all the shit that wrought, but also, I guess there's something vaguely comforting about having some sort of connection with some other countries around the world? I dunno, I'm sure I'm opening myself up to a lot of valid critiques, which is fine, but I will qualify I'm more just musing and not really stating a strong opinion.
I believe in practice it'd actually be easier for the UK to get rid of the monarchy than it would be for Canada due to how tied up the monarchy is within Canada's constitution. I've heard, although I can't remember where from, that if the UK ever voted to become a Republic the plan would be for the monarch to simply relocate to Canada.
Which makes perfect sense for me as that’s basically the setting in the HoI4 alt-history mod Kaiserreich. And this leads to frictions between the old British monarchist elite and local Canadian politics.
We would still have the same connection with the commonwealth if there weren’t a monarchy, but better because there wouldn’t be a monarchy. Siblings still form a family after their abusive parent dies.
heads up: the url says “prostate cancer” but the article makes it pretty clear that nature of the cancer is not currently public knowledge, and that the cancer diagnosis stemmed from a “separate issue of concern” from the “benign prostate enlargement” he has been receiving treatment for.
In fact, the one type of cancer that Buckingham Palace has ruled out is prostate cancer.
Mirror, for those hit by the paywall:
https://archive.is/9Tqip