6 in 10 Australians don't want the Queen

DublinDes

Nearly 6 in 10 Australians don’t want the Queen as head of state. According to a new opinion poll it suggests that 59 per cent of Aussies now want a republic. As far as I can see the Queen represents a dead empire and class snobbery. Well all I can say is best of luck to the Aussies, what about the rest of you ?

http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/69112.htm

Keogg

We got rid of her (eventually) and they deserve to aswell:D

Down with the Brits and all... that.. Republicy stuff

WindSock

Similar in NZ. They only want her so they get the Queens birthday off. They hate to have the Union Jack on their flag though

Kintarō Hattori

Is it really that surprising, really?

Cookie_Monster

Yeah but the Queen probably doesn't give a **** what they think now does she???

mike65

Meh, the last time they held a vote they kept her.

mactheknife

if I remember correctly they were given the option through a referendum a couple of years ago, and they choose to retain the queen as their head. I was in Austrailia at a time and it gave me great pleasure in pointing out the Union Jack on their flag and the Queen on their money everytime they said something along the lines of '' Ireland just another part of the UK ''.
I'm sure they will just vote her back in.............their not really the sharpest tools in the box; are they?

Saadyst

Here we go again..

enda1

Will the Aussie's give up the Northern Territory to the union though? New Zealand give up the North Island? I'm guessing not, lets hope they have more success than we had!

Though last time the Aussies voted on this they voted to keep the royalty, have things change that much?

Fratton Fred

DublinDes wrote: »

Nearly 6 in 10 Australians don’t want the Queen as head of state. According to a new opinion poll it suggests that 59 per cent of Aussies now want a republic. As far as I can see the Queen represents a dead empire and class snobbery. Well all I can say is best of luck to the Aussies, what about the rest of you ?

http://www.sindhtoday.net/news/1/69112.htm

Yes, everyone shoud be free to vote in a fair, respectable and competant government of their own....just like the Irish have done

kaimera

and 6/10 aussies are expats so is it really that surprising they want a republic?

long as the keep up the coopers pilsner who cares.

Kradock

This is one of those threads were I use my default setting .

Who gives a fcuk!!

The_Minister

I don't want her either, too old for my taste.

Fratton Fred

The_Minister wrote: »

I don't want her either, too old for my taste.

Yes, but that upper class accent would be fun

"ooh, Philip, one is arriving"

Rob_l

Them Aussies are wrong, now is the time for monarchys, this parliamentary democracy stuff we tried here has failed its time to get back in the english monarchy to run things I reckon!

Even the english and australian systems are wrong we should just hand power back to the monarchs. Just think how much we would save the country not having to pay TD's or ministers.

DublinDes

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Yes, everyone shoud be free to vote in a fair, respectable and competant government of their own....just like the Irish have done

Maybe we should be like the brits who don't have MP's expenses scandals, Northern Rock, RBS etc Indeed these are the very people who elect a yoke to run the UK who cannot even spell right

admiralofthefleet

i dont like her either, her gob make up in star wars was shit

DublinDes

enda1 wrote: »

Will the Aussie's give up the Northern Territory to the union though? New Zealand give up the North Island? I'm guessing not, lets hope they have more success than we had!

Well unless they threatened them with immediate and terrible war. But I'd doubt it, the Brits are having enough problems in Afghanistan as it is.

Fratton Fred

DublinDes wrote: »

Maybe we should be like the brits who don't have MP's expenses scandals, Northern Rock, RBS etc Indeed these are the very people who elect a yoke to run the UK who cannot even spell right

exactly. sack the lot of them and bring back totalitarian monarchy.

WindSock

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Yes, but that upper class accent would be fun

"ooh, Philip, one is arriving"

Does she have to inform him everytime she is putting her Tena Lady to use?

ScumLord

Of course they don't want her she's a whinging facking pomp!


It makes them look bad when all the other cool countries like Ireland and the US can stand on their own feet and Australia still gets spoon feed by mommy despite being on the other side of the planet.

Fratton Fred

DublinDes wrote: »

Well unless they threatened them with immediate and terrible war. But I'd doubt it, the Brits are having enough problems in Afghanistan as it is.

seeing as the Australian army are also in Afghanistan as well, I doubt there would be too many people involved in your imaginary war.

PomBear

I never understood why a country would want give thier taxes to this sponge, she's a glorified tourist attraction basically

Fratton Fred

WindSock wrote: »

Does she have to inform him everytime she is putting her Tena Lady to use?

i think we are confusing our comings and goings

mike65

Is that a royal we?

Dudess

When it comes to Helen Mirren, I know a lot of guys would... but what about when she played the queen in all her cardiganed, tweed-skirted glory? Would you have then?

Fratton Fred

Dudess wrote: »

When it comes to Helen Mirren, I know a lot of guys would... but what about when she played the queen in all her cardiganed, tweed-skirted glory? Would you have then?

I'd have stroked her Corgie

walshb

WindSock wrote: »

Similar in NZ. They only want her so they get the Queens birthday off. They hate to have the Union Jack on their flag though

Secretly they damn well love the Crown, just like the Scots. They are actually more loyal to the Crown than the ordinary English person. Welsh the same. They lap up the whole monarchy garbage.

Dudess

DublinDes wrote: »

Nearly 6 in 10 Australians don’t want the Queen as head of state. According to a new opinion poll it suggests that 59 per cent of Aussies now want a republic. As far as I can see the Queen represents a dead empire and class snobbery. Well all I can say is best of luck to the Aussies, what about the rest of you ?

What about the rest of us?

ejmaztec

PomBear wrote: »

I never understood why a country would want give thier taxes to this sponge, she's a glorified tourist attraction basically

They'd only replace her with another sponge. Every country's got a sponge, even this one.

gurramok

mike65 wrote: »

Meh, the last time they held a vote they kept her.

mactheknife wrote: »

if I remember correctly they were given the option through a referendum a couple of years ago, and they choose to retain the queen as their head.

Thats because they didn't want a president elected by politicians. Aussies have the same distrust of jobs for the boys in parliament as us here,

Osgoodisgood

mactheknife wrote: »

if I remember correctly they were given the option through a referendum a couple of years ago, and they choose to retain the queen as their head.

You remember semi-correctly. The referendum asked the public did they want to have a republic with the head of state selected by the goverment of the day. Most Australians wanted a democratically elected head of state, not a puppet. So the majority unfortunately said no.

I was in Austrailia at a time and it gave me great pleasure in pointing out the Union Jack on their flag and the Queen on their money everytime they said something along the lines of '' Ireland just another part of the UK ''.

That's odd. I lived there for 26 years and I never once heard anyone say such a thing. Except of course as a cheap means to rile some gobby Paddy. In any case I'd sooner have the queen on the corner of my flag than in the corner of my country.

I'm sure they will just vote her back in.............their not really the sharpest tools in the box; are they?

"They're" not are they? It looks like they will have removed Mrs Windsor's crew safely and quietly within 250 years. How did you get on?

enda1

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

That's odd. I lived there for 26 years and I never once heard anyone say such a thing. Except of course as a cheap means to rile some gobby Paddy. In any case I'd sooner have the queen on the corner of my flag than in the corner of my country.

26 years and you heard nobody say it, and then you go say it yourself!!

Cunny-Funt

Pretty good actually, we're a free country

Aidric

Dudess wrote: »

When it comes to Helen Mirren, I know a lot of guys would... but what about when she played the queen in all her cardiganed, tweed-skirted glory? Would you have then?

Yes and I would have let Philip watch.

IvySlayer

The Queen has no power though, it's just symbolic. Some people just like that.

We weren't a republic until 1949

Latchy

Does the average Aussie care about who runs / rules Ireland ?

No

So who really cares about how they feel about the Queen and Monarchy ?

stovelid

I'll get back to the OP as quickly as possible as such a burning issue deserves my full attention.

I'm pulling hairs out of my arse with a pair of tweezers at the minute though.

Fratton Fred

walshb wrote: »

Secretly they damn well love the Crown, just like the Scots. They are actually more loyal to the Crown than the ordinary English person. Welsh the same. They lap up the whole monarchy garbage.

I would say that in the UK, Canada and Australia, it is a case of better the devil you know more than anything else. The Monarchy have no power, the country is run by the elected government yet there is a fall back position if needed. It's more a case of it ain't broke, so why try and fix it.

it is also worth noting that people in Ireland did love the monarchy too. however, the first thing the Republican movement had to do in Ireland was convince the public the monarchy was evil, hence all the lies and misinformation about them.

it is very hard to create the utopian republic when half the country love the Queen.

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

Pretty good actually, we're a free country

Free?? your having a laugh. it costs me €3 every time i get on a motorway or cross a bridge in this country. I'd rather have a monarchy and free roads thank you very much.

Latchy

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Free?? your having a laugh. it costs me €3 every time i get on a motorway or cross a bridge in this country. I'd rather have a monarchy and free roads thank you very much.

The price of paying to live in a small republic although you have to pay over the odds to park your car in London to

gurramok

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it is also worth noting that people in Ireland did love the monarchy too. however, the first thing the Republican movement had to do in Ireland was convince the public the monarchy was evil, hence all the lies and misinformation about them.

What lies?

Fratton Fred wrote: »

it is very hard to create the utopian republic when half the country love the Queen.

UK or Aus?

Hells Belle

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Free?? your having a laugh. it costs me €3 every time i get on a motorway or cross a bridge in this country. I'd rather have a monarchy and free roads thank you very much.

This is the M6 in the UK, €3 seems cheap to me Fred.....:rolleyes:
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Sat - Sun (06:00 - 23:00)
Night (23:00 - 06:00)

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£2.70

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Class 2 (e.g. saloon car)

£4.70

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£8.40

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Fratton Fred

gurramok wrote: »

What lies?

oh, the usual stuff. How various monarchs have looked down their noses at the Irish, or there is also the great one about Queen Victoria only giving £5 to the famine appeal etc.

gurramok wrote: »

UK or Aus?

Irl/RoI

ejmaztec

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Free?? your having a laugh. it costs me €3 every time i get on a motorway or cross a bridge in this country.

The problem with bridges is that they can only build them after they've collected enough €3s from the motorists. When they've collected enough, they build the bridge and away you go. You then have to explain to your family the reason for your being missing for five years.:eek:

Osgoodisgood

IvySlayer wrote: »

The Queen has no power though, it's just symbolic. Some people just like that.

We weren't a republic until 1949

Unfortunately that's not the case. The queen's reperesentative has the power to dismiss the prime minister without recourse to the public. This power was excercised in 1975 when John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam and installed the opposition leader Malcolm Fraser as head of parliament.

Fratton Fred

Hells Belle wrote: »

This is the M6 in the UK, €3 seems cheap to me Fred.....:rolleyes:

Actually, I think that is the M6 Toll, the alternative to the M6 for those that want to pay and avoid the congestion.

Admittedly though, you do also have to pay to go into Wales on the M4, or over the Thames at Dartford.

Jumpy

mactheknife wrote: »

I'm sure they will just vote her back in.............their not really the sharpest tools in the box; are they?

MAHAHAHAAAAA

Osgoodisgood

Cunny-Funt wrote: »

Pretty good actually, we're a free country

You should indeed be proud of yourselves.
800 years and you got to keep 3/4 of your country. Congrats.:P

gurramok

Fratton Fred wrote: »

oh, the usual stuff. How various monarchs have looked down their noses at the Irish, or there is also the great one about Queen Victoria only giving £5 to the famine appeal etc.

Irl/RoI

I bow to your foreign monarch, will I get a title like a Baron or Sir or a Lord for this? :P

IvySlayer

Osgoodisgood wrote: »

Unfortunately that's not the case. The queen's reperesentative has the power to dismiss the prime minister without recourse to the public. This power was excercised in 1975 when John Kerr dismissed Gough Whitlam and installed the opposition leader Malcolm Fraser as head of parliament.

Hmm I wonder if the Aussie public knew that, would more than 60% vote against it?

Fratton Fred

gurramok wrote: »

I bow to your foreign monarch, will I get a title like a Baron or Sir or a Lord for this? :P

It'll take more than a simple bow you treacherous swine. 30 years in the tower and ye may be forgiven:D