The wise words of Prince Philip

[JohnFKennedy]

I don't like the idea of an elected President, at least not in the form the US has - the power lies with Parliament and this is how I think it should remain. Also I think that the Queen is able to appeal easily to a sense of national unity, much more so than any politician can: During the Jubilee celebrations, the nation was as one - this is not something a Bush or Clinton style figure could bring us.

Absolutely, the power should continue to lie with Parliament and the Prime Minister but I think we should have an elected President fulfill the Monarch's role with the ability to veto legislation but a veto can be overturned by say 65% support in the House of Commons or something similar.

[Platypus]

From an aussie point of view, I quite like having a basically powerless head of state, and a parliamentary executive, but I don't like the idea of King Charles-or King William, to be honest. Australia WLL be a republic in 20 years. The queen will die within that time and soon after that happens, we'll all vote for a republic-any republic, although i'd prefer a constitutional parliamentary republic.

Also, why would anyone care about Britain anyway? It's a dirty, smelly hole that was once powerful and now has been overtaken in every respect by at least one of it's colonies. (j/k, sorta).

And finally...Camilla will become Queen of one place in the world if it is not part of a republic by the time Charles takes the throne-Queensland. Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen, the extremely rightwing former Premier of Queensland who in the 80s passed legislatin to add to the Queen's official title "and Queen of Queensland", which would (dfor some reason) be applicable to Camilla

[Bono]

I don't like the idea of an elected President, at least not in the form the US has - the power lies with Parliament and this is how I think it should remain. Also I think that the Queen is able to appeal easily to a sense of national unity, much more so than any politician can: During the Jubilee celebrations, the nation was as one - this is not something a Bush or Clinton style figure could bring us.

Absolutely, the power should continue to lie with Parliament and the Prime Minister but I think we should have an elected President fulfill the Monarch's role with the ability to veto legislation but a veto can be overturned by say 65% support in the House of Commons or something similar.

Why not a french-like semi-presidential system?