Comment posted Would an independent Scotland under the British monarchy have a Governor General? by Keith McMillan.
Who said an independent scotland needs to have anything to do with the english royal family?
Recent comments by Keith McMillan
- Proposal for independent Scotland to share UK welfare system admin to 2020+
H20: see you are a magnet for thumbs down LOL
Think you have helped to clarify some opinions I had about you, But the Iraq war was legal the same as every war the bankers and globalist will set up
Legal and illegal is a system of law created by empire (statute law= law of control) but I understand the meaning of the word within your use of the word. The war is actually unlawful (taken from common law= justice the peoples law)
Have you got some info on this “social democratic independent Scotland”? Sounds like the system forced on us already I would be more for a free trade republic - Proposal for independent Scotland to share UK welfare system admin to 2020+
Dougie: LOL can you tell me is Alex Salmond fat? Can you provide proof that I indeed hate Alex? (or are you making an assumption from reading text?) I do hate what Alex Salmond control of the SNP is doing to my country (funny he has made smokers leopards in this country yet he will not address obesity)
As for my statement to H20 did he not make the remark “Makes me wonder why you remain in Scotland?” so my counter of him moving to Europe is fair!
How you can find my view of the world as offensive is actually a joke! How do you know my view? We have never spoken of it! But perhaps you enjoy being a consumer in the eyes of our corporate slavery system rather than a living sentiment man living in a world of abundance?
Or are you trying to hold me to your view of society? Can you provide my social contract with my wet signed signature? Can you even provide the simple document stating the rules, benefits, duties and privileges along with the name of the society?
I can’t talk for UKIP but I find your interpretation of them very offensive, from what I have seen about them is they have the guts to talk about immigration and from what I have seen in England I think they are right to bring the issue to the table, Just like the Scottish people have the right to know the direction salmond and his Party wish to take our country - Proposal for independent Scotland to share UK welfare system admin to 2020+
H20: and who are your bedfellows? Guess you support fake wars (Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan) guess you’re happy to send our young kids to “Banker” wars, bring them back as injured and disabled people, then you can make yourself feel good by donating to help for hero’s just have a look how your government treats returning soldiers (cast them aside)
5 Countries would not join the IMF Central banking fraud! Can you guess who they are? Here is a clue (Iraq, Libya, Syria, North Korea and Iran) your tax money at work LOL 2 down 3 to go.
Millions of people killed for banker and company profits, thousands of our kids dead or disabled by these banker wars you support by default, well done you!! - First Minister’s call for ‘grown up politics’ countered by order – from the top
Robert I would say its time to end Argyll and Bute council and move back to local councils - Proposal for independent Scotland to share UK welfare system admin to 2020+
“embrace change don’t fear it” LOL only an idiot/ fool would rush into this changeSalmond is nothing more than a EU puppet and he is leading the blind into a euro state with the illusion of independence
the Pro independence bunch in scotland are dreaming of bringing out the walace, but cant see independence under salmond is bringing out the Gimp
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A governor-general….and why would we need one any more than say a separate england with whom we would have a shared monarch?
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Because we would be breaking away from the rest of the UK surely?
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The position of Governor General relates to the proximity of the monarch, not to the political entity that is the UK. It is an anachronism of the days of Empire, where areas such as Australia, New Zealand or even Canada were too far away for the monarch to be able to directly exercise their duties as Head of State, so a proxy is needed.
Given that the Royal Family spend a fair amount of time in Scotland anyway, I wouldn’t have thought there was any call for a GG and I think the Independent hasn’t really thought this one through (probably still relying on “Scotch on the Rocks” as a constitutional guideline).
Personally, I would suggest having a separate monarch as Head of State in the first instance (the Princess Royal would seem a good choice) then a later referendum after independence to see if Scotland should become a republic or not. It isn’t the most pressing question though.
Whatever the eventual outcome, I would very much doubt that the monarchy would be allowed even an iota of the constitutional power in an independent Scotland that they have under the current UK constitution (small though that is).
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re the ‘Princess Royal’ as monarch and subsequent referendum for or not for a Scottish Republic do you think that will be SNP policy?
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I very much doubt it!
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The answer is to consider that Buck House, Windsor and the Sandringham pile are all no more than holiday houses, that Royal Deeside is her native habitat, and so it’s England that’ll be getting the Governor General. It’s just a question of who to send down there.
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Who said an independent scotland needs to have anything to do with the english royal family?
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I thought that they were no less Scottish than they were English, so to speak.
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They’re more German than they are English or Scottish! An independent republic has real appeal.
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In these difficult times it’s nice to see at least one example of a Greek and a German who can make a go of it together.
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Which German tribe produced the Bowes Lyons clan?
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Were Scotland to separate, you would presumably need someone to discharge the duties of head of state were the Queen not available. As the Queen’s diary wouldn’t likely change much in the event of Scotland leaving the Union, she wouldn’t be available to receive Scottish-accredited diplomats, bestow Scottish honours, etc. Governors-General aren’t “2nd XV” jobs – they are actually the ones that exercise the power as head of state. Why would you assume that Scotland would be any different to any another Commonwealth Realm? Therefore you would need a governor-general, even if you didn’t call it that. Were I Alex Salmond I’d have fought hard to establish a Scottish honours system (Order of St Andrew?) and a Scottish governor-general by now already.
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I’d suggest the Order of St. Trump.
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A few clarifications:
(1) The SNP’s draft constitution for an independent Scotland published in 2002 does not provide for a Governor-General, instead the Presiding Officer of Parliament would deputise for the ceremonial and constitutional duties of the Head of State when the Queen is absent from Scotland.
(2) While the Article is correct in its treatment of the office of Governor-General under the Australian Constitution, it does not reflect the fact that the powers and functions of office of Governor-General in the more recent Constitutions of Commonwealth nations are much more tightly defined, removing scope for such confusion. Look up the Constitutions of St Lucia or Jamaica for typical examples.
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