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Re: How you voting? Republic or Monarchy?

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From: Sky Rider
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 00:00
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Robert,


> Ok, the big vote is coming up, how's every voting?  Republic or
> monarchy? Personally I'd like to see the Republic vote successed and the
> subsequent state vote fail, sort of demoting the Queen from a monarch of
> the country to a Monarch of individual states.  That way they could
> still keep her picture on the coins as Queen of WA, QLD and NSW ;-)

Republic

... we can tinker with ther preident thing later.

part of the impetus is coming from the "100 years of Federation" thing... if
we miss the boat this time it might be 50 years before another chance
comes...

... maybe sooner if Madge dies and we have Queen Camilla foisted on us....

but do you really want Bonnie Price Charlie as King of Oz??

--

Sky Rider
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Subject: Re: How you voting?  Republic or Monarchy?
Date: 1999/10/30
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