Writer's Block: The Royal Wedding

[sophiaserpentia]

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A Sex Pistols CD.

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[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

I confess I'm not very well educated on republicanism. Do they (you) call for peerage to be entirely abolished, or simply the monarchy?

[the-alchemist.livejournal.com]

I don't think any political position should be appointed on an hereditory basis. Most republicans, including Republic (http://www.republic.org.uk/blog/?p=1293), which is the main organisation representing us, are in favour of a wholly elected House of Lords, but I'm happy to explore other options, like keeping Life Peers (who currently form the majority of the HoL) or something similar.

No-one so far as I know is happy with the House of Lords as it currently is: the Labour Party got part way through reforming it about twelve years ago, by getting rid of most hereditory peers but just keeping a few. The interim version was never meant to last this long, but it has.

I would also be in favour of abolishing titles altogether, even if they have no political power connected to them, but that's a less important issue to me.