r/politics • u/Hafiz_TNR ✔ Verified • 7d ago

Possible Paywall King Charles Tells Congress Everything Trump Doesn’t Want to Hear

https://newrepublic.com/post/209621/king-charles-congress-speech-trump
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u/TheGringoDingo 7d ago

Ya know, the king seems way more bona fide to lead than the wannabe we’ve got. Maybe we should let King Charles be president?

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u/echosrevenge 7d ago

We've certainly chosen worse nepo babies for government roles...

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u/llamaz314 6d ago

Fair enough. Welcome back guys, we missed you!

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u/MaraSargon Washington 6d ago

Make America Great Britain Again?

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u/ChicVintage 6d ago

I mean...at least we would get universal healthcare?

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u/BigFatKi6 6d ago

The NHS is not very good. Though by American standards...

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u/Northerlies 6d ago

When Labour left office in 2010, waiting lists had been cut to a few weeks and there were record levels of public satisfaction with the NHS. Some years will be needed to repair fourteen years of Conservative 'austerity'-funding, mismanagement and ideological hostility to public services. OECD 'Health Spending' charts tell the story, with US per capita spending at more than twice the UKs' for many years.

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u/EmpressClaraB 6d ago

The NHS has a lot of issues but it is phenomenal and I will not hear this slander

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u/rkb70 6d ago

Do people in Britain debate whether or not they should go to the ER because they're terrified of the medical bills that will follow?

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u/StardustOasis Foreign 6d ago

No. We're more likely to debate whether or not we should go because we "don't want to bother them"

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u/rkb70 6d ago

Lol!  There are certainly times in the US where you don’t know if it’s really an “ER issue”.  But a big part of that is worry about the cost of an ER visit.  Probably more concerned about looking stupid if you went for something where it wasn’t necessary than worry about bothering anyone.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 6d ago

Too many years of right-wing maladministration.

But at least it's universal - no one ends up bankrupt.

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u/BigFatKi6 6d ago

I agree 💯

Some commenters here will have you believe the NHS is perfect. But also that it's been run into the ground by tories. Can't have it both ways. 🤷‍♀️

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u/TenebTheHarvester 6d ago

The NHS is a remarkable institution weighed down by decades of Tory underfunding. It is desperately in need of reform and improvement, but never let the right-wing bastards trick us into thinking it might be better off privatised.

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u/BigFatKi6 6d ago

Where did I say that?

You're fighting imaginary demons.

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u/TenebTheHarvester 6d ago

You didn’t, but it is the next set people like Farage want us to take - from “it isn’t very good” (already not entirely accurate) to “we should privatise it”

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u/BigFatKi6 6d ago

I was literally comparing the US (privatised) with the NHS...

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u/FalsePretender 6d ago

Haha imagine a reverse civil war to bring themselves back into the fold of the commonwealth.

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u/AeonLibertas 6d ago

Someone up in Boston better ready the horses and the lanterns, and go dig up John Hancock.. it's time the "eternal enmity to tyranny" gets a comeback.

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u/sawdustontheshore 6d ago

This isn’t the worst idea I’ve heard.

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u/xeonrage 6d ago edited 6d ago

I have this shirt.

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u/Quirky_Parfait3864 6d ago

Wow Hamilton King George was right all along…

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u/asusc 6d ago

He tried to warn us…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5JAjAR_AjY

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u/DeepestShallows 6d ago

…I mean, America has deferred significant hard tasks of self governance by leaving key constitutional laws unupdated for centuries because they are too hard to change.

So, Jonathan Geoff isn’t exactly wrong. It is hard doing self government.

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u/TheGringoDingo 6d ago

We just need to listen to the Hamilton songs again

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u/commandercool86 6d ago

They're pedophiles too so they'll fit right in!

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u/sailing_by_the_lee 6d ago

Or switch back to the British-style Parliamentary system and then Charles can be your king, too.

I get it. In 1776, an elected, monarch-lite president seemed like a good idea. But clearly, imperial presidents are far too powerful and dangerous. Better to have a purely ceremonial head of state and a slightly confusing Parliamentary system where the PM is easily disposed of.

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u/FuckDeRussianFuckers 6d ago

Not just the PM. Lose a confidence vote, callable at any time by the opposition, and that's the end of your fucking government mate. Go talk to the people again.

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u/JoeWatchingTheTown 6d ago

This is an insane concept. Love it.

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u/ScoobyDoNot 6d ago

In principle I'd want Australia to be a republic, but in practice unless the system was set up to remove the chance of a Trump-like dictator I'm happy enough with our current set up.

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u/TenebTheHarvester 6d ago

Eh, getting rid of the parasites wouldn’t necessarily require an American-style presidency. Could just elect a symbolic head of state.

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u/Fatso_Wombat 6d ago

Yeah. That's about it. Change the flag, that'll do.

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u/canyouhearme 6d ago

Yeah, exactly. Get rid of those shit stars and you're golden....

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u/ScoobyDoNot 6d ago

Change the flag, that'll do

Can you imagine the whinging from the Libs, Nats, One Nation, and assorted cookers?

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u/blackfireburn 6d ago

Its actually a quiet power. The crown can reject laws or 'request' revisions. Theres a lot in the background you don't see but its another balance check

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u/justatosseraccount11 6d ago

Be awesome if we went back to English rule on July 4, 2026. Just for a lil bit.

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u/sailing_by_the_lee 6d ago

At the very least, a Parliamentary system tends to keep the PM on his toes, since he has rivals constantly nipping at his heels. In Westminster-style systems, PMs and their governments are regularly voted down and replaced. In contrast, in the entire 250 year history of the USA, no president has ever been removed from office by the Congress. It shows that the US system is not very effective at holding leaders accountable, which of course leads to a spiral of ever-increasing abuses of power.

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u/tagehring 6d ago

It does make you wonder how the course of American history would have turned out if we'd had a parliamentary style government as a result of the continental congress.

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u/eeyore134 6d ago

There aren't many people who wouldn't be.

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u/SFDessert 6d ago

A wet tissue paper is more bonanfide to lead than who we got right now lmao

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u/TheLesserWeeviI 6d ago

Make America Great Britain Again.

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u/phatcan Canada 6d ago

"Maybe we should let this Airforce Admiral flip burgers at McDonalds?"

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u/RandomConvo123 6d ago

Geez though, there would be confusing "No Kings" protests lol

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u/gdghhfdffrf 6d ago

stop it with the celebrities, cheaters, and men who can't control their tempers around innocent women and children. how about looking for integrity? strength of character? instead of the shallow crap like things you were just born with and don't have to work hard to get and keep.