So, at the risk of being acused of rampant monarchism, who is the backstop against political ambition? DON'T ask a politician, not if you want the question actually answered with just soupcant of truth attached.

Presidents? Er aren't they political? don't they cost an arm a leg and ten monarchs? And how much does it cost just to find two or threee protaganists in the States before they spend as much all over again? The money comes from somewhere, I know it's made of paper but it don't grow on trees. The phrase we are looking for is "profit margin". Then the hidden cost of political patronage, brown envelopes. It's not what a monarch actually does but what she can do constitutinally and would if pressed that keeps arrogant politicians on a lease.

How do I vote? I just hold my nose and place my signature.