HenryBHough
Diamond Member
But who will that king be?
Elizabeth was loved by most Britons. Son Charles? Not so much. Charles has made an ass of himself in every possible way. I won't enumerate his past follies, The concern is that his wild enviro-whacko mentality, if he does become king, that will play into the course The U.K. has ready begun to tread. In case you hadn't noticed the UK is no place to visit, much less live these days. Strike after strike after strike. A new and somewhat timid conservative government on an unsteady path. Labor rising - a hint of a string of nationalizations in the air. Add in a king who appears to have autocratic leanings and it's not hard to imagine a shot at a Socialist Paradise and possible rejoining of the already leftward march of The European Union.
But is there some chance that Charles might step aside for William? And if so, perhaps some stability?
I think not.
It seems more likely - not only in my own thughts but also those of a goodly number of family and friends who are UK citizens - that Charles will rule and there will be a leftward trend that could be long term. Or it could be so repellant that (remember, it's not an absolute monarchy though Charles might so imagine it) that the monarchy comes to a a screeching halt and some sort of republic be declared. If so would the result be the America we so recently lost? Or more likely like the sort that has afflicted France?
Elizabeth was loved by most Britons. Son Charles? Not so much. Charles has made an ass of himself in every possible way. I won't enumerate his past follies, The concern is that his wild enviro-whacko mentality, if he does become king, that will play into the course The U.K. has ready begun to tread. In case you hadn't noticed the UK is no place to visit, much less live these days. Strike after strike after strike. A new and somewhat timid conservative government on an unsteady path. Labor rising - a hint of a string of nationalizations in the air. Add in a king who appears to have autocratic leanings and it's not hard to imagine a shot at a Socialist Paradise and possible rejoining of the already leftward march of The European Union.
But is there some chance that Charles might step aside for William? And if so, perhaps some stability?
I think not.
It seems more likely - not only in my own thughts but also those of a goodly number of family and friends who are UK citizens - that Charles will rule and there will be a leftward trend that could be long term. Or it could be so repellant that (remember, it's not an absolute monarchy though Charles might so imagine it) that the monarchy comes to a a screeching halt and some sort of republic be declared. If so would the result be the America we so recently lost? Or more likely like the sort that has afflicted France?