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Originally Posted by cenydd
I don't see any reason why becoming a republic, and abandoning the idea of having the Queen of England as head of state, should change anything in terms of alliances. I don't think that in practise it will make any difference either way - their Queen is effectively your Head of State in name only. I do see why you might decide that having that situation is outdated and irrelevant and should be changed, but I don't think anybody will be offended by that (in fact, the English Queen has already said that she wouldn't be).
One request from this side of the world though - please stop using UK, Britain and England interchangably - they are not the same thing at all!
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I don't think it is "out dated". It works well, so leave it well alone. If it ain't broke, don't try and fix it, etc, etc.
And... I know the difference between Great Britain and England. I used them perfectly appropriately so I have no idea what you are blithering about, unless you are referring to someone else.
I didn't say anyone would be "offended" I said that if we were to break with the commonwealth we would just become more and more Americanised. Our politics, our TV, our language! I would rather be a part of the Commonwealth than the 52nd state of America. Of course we would still be "friends" with the commonwealth, I would just prefer to be in it.
It is inevitable that we will become a Replublic of course but I don't see any benefit from it personally.