The Windsor’s know what to do when institutions are overwhelmed by sleaze:
The Duke of York was stripped of all military titles and patronages by the Queen and agreed no longer to use the moniker “His Royal Highness”, in an attempt to protect the Royal family from the fallout of his sexual abuse case.
That is called accountability: a ruined reputation and demotion from a privileged station.
Now compare this with the Morrison Government following no fewer than twenty or so allegations of rape (I can no longer count), sexual assault and harassment in our national parliament. Not to mention countless rorts, pork, lies and the general shitfest.
How can one possibly argue that our current system needs to be divorced from the royal family so that we can distance ourselves from Windsor family sleaze?
The Queen has just done what most Australians could only wish for in our political system. She has brought shockingly inappropriate behaviour to heal so that her polity can rest assured that justice has been done, that perpetrators have been expunged, that probity has been acknowledged and normatives protected.
By comparison, Morrison’s government is a cesspit of unexamined and unaccountable filth in the name of every single Australian.
Give us the Queen and get rid of whatever the sickness is that has infected our parliament.
Then, perhaps, we can discuss a republic.
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Actually well said that. Queen shows us the way again. This version of democracy will have us running back to the monarchy.
HM removed a limb to save the body. Meanwhile British democracy is trashed by a PM who asserts a party is work and has a very large set of legislation for parliament which bans protest outright and enforces an authoritarian state. HM can nothing but read out his lies.
Accountability? Really?
In the State of Victoria the pubishment is 10-15 years imprisonment so im not quite sure how this constitutes punishment?
Embarassment perhaps?
That’s the point. Where is jail for our perps?
In context, the prince is in complete disgrace.
I’m not defending monarchy. I’m attacking the distraction of a republic as our system falls apart.
Fair enough David. It is worth remembering though that when the Queen moves on we get….
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/oct/24/prince-charless-letter-to-john-kerr-reportedly-endorsing-sacking-of-whitlam-condemned
Fair enough. I agree with your view on a complete lack of accountability and integrity in Canberra, but I’m not sure Andrew is a good example of accountability.
I think the point is that the Queen has acted on the allegations from the perspective of the Royals. It is now up to the legal framework to do the rest.
Correct. In the paradigm of auspolitics we’d be affording the prince ‘due process’ and ‘respecting the court process.’
Bloody lefty.
But hidden in his coat
Is a red left hand
mouse
lol
Great song that. Nick is a legend.
too right!
King Harry of Australia
Lord Duchy of the North Shore.
Admiral of 18 Foot Skiff Squadrons.
Patron Saint of Long Weekend BBQs.
General of jacked up 4wd Brigade.
Wearer of the sacred Red Roo Cape.
Opener of Hospitals, Daycare Centres and Racetrack extensions.
Chief Brewer of Beer.
Come on, at least they’re not Prussians.
My favourite WW1 Bomber.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotha_G.V
My favourite WW1 family
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha
What’s your favourite WWI sausage?
I’d love to hear an analysis of this case from a Jurisdictional perspective.
I’m not a lawyer but even to a lay person this whole case smells of jurisdictional overreach.
How can events, that may or may not have happened in London (over 20 years ago) be relevant in a Civil law suit happening in New York today?
It all does seem to be a case that’s aimed squarely at the court of public opinion with the intention of causing the maximum embarrassment (to enhance / motivate with the settlement process) gruby gruby gruby.
Legally speaking I am interested if there is a precedent for bringing such a confused international case.
By comparison, Morrison’s government is a cesspit of unexamined and unaccountable filth in the name of every single Australian.
Err… have you been keeping up with the Johnson Government?
The Queen is head of the Church of England. Defender of the faith.
She has overseen this.
https://www.babycentre.co.uk/top-baby-names
25. Jaxon. +14
Somebody shoot me.
You’re gonna have to face reality mate. The Jason crusade has flopped.
Society is doomed.
Jaxon will do very well in the back streets of Leicester …..as long as he keeps a razor in his shoe ……
Queen Lizzie has failed because… Mohammad is baby name #1 even though none of the other names have similar variants combined in the same way and the next vaguely similar one is in spot #45 ?
I think you’ll find the real failure of “defending the faith” is better represented by “No religion” at ~52% (and growing fast) marketshare and COE at only ~12%, rather than Islam at 6%.
Yeah champ.
What rate is Islam growing at? Look at France.
Doesn’t this argue AGAINST the monarchy? We already have the Queen as our head of state, and she has done SFA about our corruption and sexual abuse. An Australian head of state might actually have some powers, but more importantly, the social license, to do something about it!
Do you seriously want Charles as King of Australia and Camilla as the Queen?
I want lawyers at every rank of government, and that’s what fknuckles plan will give us.
How so? You are more likely to get a General or eminent surgeon as the GG.
Will you stop making sense, please? Our people are not ready for this.
Pretty hard to endorse a bloke who once had a desire to be Camilla’s tampon.
If there were a few more colonials paired off with the House of Windsor it might be more palatable but that would never happen.
Happy to rule the savages but god forbid they would marry then !
There’s a lot of things that need fixing (and restructuring) in Australia’s Government, and the figurehead HoS is a lot closer to the end of the list than the start.
Precisely…..
George III was mad
George IV was an obese piss pot
William IV had 10 illegitimate children ( a Reusean effort to be sure )
Victoria had her problems
Edward VII was a bit of a lad
George V did a solid job (and collected stamps )
Edward VIII was a cad and a bounder …and took oorf with an American …(most Reusian indeed)
George VI was a decent chap and stayed at his post
Elizabeth II ……..duty ……honour …..what more can you say
And through it all ……..straya diid all right ………
So let’s pull down the statues ……burn the past ….claim our rightful inheritance ……….and build more slums for
more new arrivals
This is the bright new future …….I’m sure it will be great …
….just need Harry or Gerry for president
Getitintya STRAYA !
No we want our own King, King Harry.
Or maybe we could co-op’t the Danish Royals. They are more attractive. And our Queen would be a former areal Estate agent!
HFH …….his fkn highness …that’d be pretty strayan ………..
and mineral rigths
She acted relatively late don’t you think? At least acted, but late.
The folks had a hobby farm at Denmark WA.
The bull was twice the size of his mother and still suckling.
Reminded me of Kerry Packer’s lad for some reason.
Yeah, I think the point is she acted at all.
Meanwhile, all we get is bloviation about not being found guilty in court, etc, etc.
It’s not hard to get over the bar when it’s lying on the ground.
Oh for crying out loud.
She acted to save the house of Windsor.
She always does.
Sure. But Scomo sure ain’t doing the same to try and save the house of LNP, or the Australian Government, for that matter.
All for show, it’s not like he will be out looking for work and somewhere to rent on Monday
An electable president whose sole duty is to sign legislation into law. With the sole power to refer any legislation to a referendum if they desire.
Simples.
The monarch is foreign and provides no accountability. Zero in practice. While I expect similar from a president here at least we could vote for someone who might be a thorn in the sides of the major parties. As long as we can vote for whoever we like…….not some elitist non democratic list.
Fitzsimons Republic
“Keating blasts new republic proposal as dangerous ‘US-style presidency”
“The difficulty is how to actually manage that kind of election so that you don’t end up with something that is run and funded by politicians, or a situation where the candidate needs to be rich,”
The leftard virus doesn’t go far outside inner Sydney and Melbourne.
At the referendum the proposed alteration must be approved by a ‘double majority’. That is:
a national majority of voters in the states and territories
a majority of voters in a majority of the states (i.e. at least four out of six states).
The referendum’s got no chance. Why are the left wasting everyone’s time and energy with this?
“The referendum’s got no chance”
First referendum only has to have one question. Should Australia become a republic?
The rest is irrelevant until this question gets voted on and muddies the waters. Monarchists get their way and can continue to have a w!nkfest over the Queen and her inbred bunch loonies….
What a sad bunch we are.
First referendum only has to have one question. Should Australia become a republic?
Doesn’t need a Referendum – just a SSM type plebiscite.
“First referendum only has to have one question. Should Australia become a republic?:”
That’s right, and the answer is no. Nothing sad about it. We’re happy with what we’ve got, and don’t want to risk the 4000 unknowns of a BS republic. For 5000 reasons, we don’t trust the left.
To bl00dy right we are.
you wouldn’t back this mob (Australians ) to not FIU
As evidence I call the past 20 years of ( Democratic ) government.
“The difficulty is how to actually manage that kind of election so that you don’t end up with something that is run and funded by politicians, or a situation where the candidate needs to be rich,”
Keating’s not wrong on this – my first reaction was very similar. That is, why type of “election” would it be?
We don’t trust our politicians. They’re distracted, conflicted, incompetent and corrupt.
https://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2022/01/why-is-australia-unable-to-prepare-for-anything/
Let’s leave the republic debate for another 200 years I reckon. See how we’re looking then.
QUEENS MOTTO: IS TO SERVE, as opposed to what our politicians and elites do.
Yea right, Australians should not bow to an English family just because they were born into money and status. It flies in the face of democracy and meritocracy.
I couldn’t say it better. What a great lot of serf’s we are. Instead of changing our ways the best option is hang with the royals forever?
You have got to be kidding….Gough would be turning in his grave knowing what a pack of useless scum we have become.
*to heel
A republic? We are a far less independent, self reliant, sef sufficient country now than we were 50 years ago! To be a republic would still be a superficial change…