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Allan Conn | BS: The Union Flag and English values (47) | RE: BS: The Union Flag and English values | 16 Jun 20 |
Certainly as far as Scotland goes I think yes in an independent Scotland at some future stage the role of the monarchy might well be looked at but that would be for the citizens of a future Scotland to decide if they wanted to visit that or not. I think it would be seen as a bit of an unnecessary distraction to have that on the agenda at the moment. Hence the position in the 2014 White Paper was that Scotland would look to continue in what the paper called "the social union" with the rUK. Part of that would be the monarch would be retained as Head of State and we would look to remain within the Commonwealth. There is a section of membership of the SNP who take a more Republican stance but the official line at the moment is not Republican. The part of the constitution that the SNP officially oppose is the unelected House of Lords which the party wants scrapped - and there is little support for said House among Scots at large certainly outwith Tory ranks. |