Following the passing of HM Queen Elizabeth II, Royal Mail has confirmed that stamps bearing the image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II remain valid for use.
These include definitive stamps – regular ‘everyday’ stamps – and special stamps. As previously announced, following the introduction of barcodes to everyday stamps, these stamps remain valid until the end of January 2023.
All special stamps that have already been announced will be issued, although the launch dates of some may change. In line with past practice, following the death of a monarch all existing post boxes will remain unchanged. Post boxes already in production or being prepared for installation will also retain the insignia of Queen Elizabeth II.
I agree. They’re would need to be a full plan with detail, and there should be 3 options:
1 keep the monarchy, and no further vote for 20 years
2 this alternative
3 some other republican system, to be decided
If 1 or 2 get over 50%, then it’s decided, and if 3 then there would be another vote in 2-5 years. If nothing gets over 50% then at least 5 years to the next vote.
I’m certainly not a Royalist but I do believe that QEII added something positive to the national psyche. I think Charles could also do that, to a lesser degree.
Imo, the UK being without a Royal family will just accelerate the slide into the sludge of inniquity we aspire to.
He could do it to a greater degree. He could remove himself as head of church, he could not have to give royal assent to Bills, royal prerogative so abused by Johnson can go, he could remove himself from role of forming a government. In other words he could disestablish the royal family, something that works just fine elsewhere.
He won’t of course, because he doesn’t see it that way and being unelected, we will have no say in it.
I would agree on all bar the political stuff. I believe, especially considering the last Tory government, that there needs to be an independent “final decision maker”, however weak their actual power.
So weak that they actually make zero decisions, that’s half the problem, the monarch does not provide any checks and balances at all. Surely we are way past the point where our elected reps need to report to an hereditary monarch for fucking tea once a week.
We should have a discussion, a national discussion about our democracy, it doesn’t work and I see zero reason for one single family to be involved in it.
