the monarchy will last? and he said, as long as you want us. so they can envisage a time when they won t be in the position they re in. but if we don t want them any more, we ve got to work out cogently what we re going to have in its place and how we re going to unravel this, because we ve had the setup we ve had for such a long time, unless you want a bloody revolution, actually dismantling it is going to be a considerablejob. you could just start by looking at it, looking at the system. . just because something has been around for a long time is not- a good reason not to properly. examine it and see, you know, what else could be more . democratic, fairer and more palatable? but i take your point, catherine, in that it is so woven into british life, public life, whether it s the honour system or whatever, this is everywhere that to actually untangle it will be quite a task. it doesn t mean you don t try, if you re so inclined. you know, you can try to do
going to be a considerablejob. you could just start by looking at it, looking at the system. . just because something has been around for a long time is not- a good reason not to properly examine it and see, - you know, what else could be more democratic, fairer- and more palatable? but i take your point, catherine, in that it is so woven into british life, public life, whether it s the honour system or whatever, this is everywhere that to actually untangle it will be quite a task. it doesn t mean you don t try, if you re so inclined. you know, you can try to do this, but we saw that that might have helped sink it in australia when they had a referendum in 1999. there was no good agreement as to what would actually replace it and i think that also hurt the chances of that happening. and so to thoroughly overhaul a system, you need to have something else in place. but we also need really - the media to be less fawning and to really ask the tough questions, the same - questions they ask
but if we don t want them any more, we ve got to work out cogently what we re going to have in its place and how we re going to unravel this, because we ve had the setup we ve had for such a long time, unless you want a bloody revolution, actually dismantling it is going to be a considerablejob. you could just start by looking at it, looking at the system. . just because something has been . around for a long time is not a good reason not to properly examine it and see, you know, what else - could be more democratic, fairer and more palatable? but i take your point, catherine, in that it is so woven into british life, public life, whether it s the honour system or whatever, this is everywhere that to actually untangle it will be quite a task. it doesn t mean you don t try, if you re so inclined. you know, you can try to do this, but we saw that that might have helped sink it in australia when they had a referendum in 1999. there was no good agreement as to what would actually replace i
we ve got to work out exactly what we re going to have in its place and how we re going to unravel this, because we ve had the setup we ve had for such a long time, unless you want a bloody revolution, actually dismantling it is going to be a considerablejob. you just start by looking at it, looking at the system. - just because something has been . around for a long time is not a good reason not to properly examine it and see, you know, what else - could be more democratic, fairer and more palatable.| but i take your point, catherine, in that it is so woven into british life, public life, whether it s the honour system or whatever, this is everywhere that to actually untangle it will be quite a task. it doesn t mean you don t try, if you re so inclined. you know, you can try to do this, but we saw that that might have helped sink it in australia when they had a referendum in 1999. there was no good agreement as to what would actually replace it. and i think that also hurt the chances
we ve got to work out exactly what we re going to have in its place and how we re going to unravel this, because we ve had the setup we ve had for such a long time, unless you want a bloody revolution, actually dismantling it is going to be a considerable. it is going to be a considerable job. you just start by looking at it, looking at the system. just because something has been around for a long time is not a good reason not to properly examine it and see, you know, what else could be more democratic, fairer and more palatable. but i take your point, catherine, in that it is so woven into britishj life, public life, whether it s - the honour system or whatever, this is everywhere that to actually untangle it will be quite a task. i it doesn t mean you don t try, if you re so inclined. - you know, you can try to do this, but we saw that that might have i helped sink it in australia when they had a referendum in 1999. there was no good - agreement as to what would actually replace it