posted by Matthew @ 4/09/2002 08:48:00 AM
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Tuesday, April 09, 2002
The Republic could be a long time coming. Something seems to have happened to give the Monarchy a boost, with today's newly designed Independent (see below) reporting that only 12% of the country wants to see the Royal Family abolished, where as 54% want it to remain as it is, with 30% favouring radical reform, whatever that means. Looking at the details things get worse – among the Kids (15-25yrs old) 14% want abolition, 58% want it to remain as it is (in perpetual mourning?) and only 20% want radical reform. Even accepting that most of the Kids don’t know what the words radical and reform mean, this is seriously depressing