I'm a Monarchist...

Paid off to surrender our democracy?

We received this email from a monarchist called Charles recently, in which he suggests that we don’t need to worry about the institution being democratic because it makes money. Here’s what he said:

As far [read more]

A few questions from a monarchist

We received this email recently, from Keiron. While he raises some interesting questions it is also a reflection on how often monarchists really misunderstand the republican cause. I’ve offered my own answers below [read more]

“Perpetual” Monarchy & Mr Cromwell

Let’s look at the history of the monarchy in a bit more detail. The monarchy we have today is very, very different to that which has inhabited our history since 1066. Until recent centuries, our [read more]

The virtues of monarchy?

We’ve had this email from Samuel. Rather than offer my own answers perhaps you could respond to Samuel below.

I personally find it reassuring to know that if a Government goes mental and tries to [read more]

Stability and other myths

A little while ago I received this email from Mark. It’s a lot of the same sort of argument we often hear but he neatly outlines some of the more common monarchist objections so [read more]

Madness and misunderstandings

We have another email from a monarchist who gets a few facts wrong and who seems to think money and imperialism is more important than democracy. Here’s David’s original message:

we would not [read more]

The Duchies in a republic

I’ve had a few emails via our monarchist page which I’ve not had the time to respond to lately. Here’s one from Thomas, who takes up the issue of the Duchies of Lancaster [read more]

The nonsensical in defence of the indefensible

The other day David Soutter, one of the few monarchists on our Facebook page, made the following comment:

I am firmly convinced that anyone who seeks election should be prevented from standing. The unelectable in [read more]

A lesson for monarchists: putting together an argument

One thing that makes monarchists stand out from republicans is that so often they choose the assertion of what they believe over actually assembling any kind of argument in defence of their beloved institution. [read more]

Some myths and misunderstandings about the monarchy

Here’s another email from our “I’m a monarchist” page, where David attempts to defend the monarchy and their expenses. My replies are after each of David’s points:

Just a quick’un – I’m in favour of [read more]

On the subject of money and the monarchy

We haven’t responded to the “I’m a monarchist…” emails for a while, so let’s get back to them. Here we have one from Edward, with my responses interspersed between the paragraphs, who says:

I am [read more]

Blatant unsatisfied envy?

Just had this email from Gary, so I thought I’d post it here and see what replies you all have to his not very original argument against democracy and republicanism.

Does anybody in their right mind, [read more]

“Should we follow the Bolsheviks?”

Timothy Wright, a student, send us the following message after reading about Republic on the BBC News website. Republic’s James Gray responds.

Virtues of monarchy?

Jack has sent us this list of bullet points on the virtues of the monarchical system, as he sees them. Here they are, with our thoughts on each:

Please disband

A message from Peter

I am asking for this campaign group to disband. Firstly you are illegal. Secondly you are peddling hate and lies.