Aren't the monarchy in charge of Britain? Symbolically at least? I don't see anything wrong in having the traditional symbolism. I would hate to see the monarchy go.
It does make me wonder, when none of the nations that make up Great Britain - and yes, I did put the Great in on purpose - can unite, what Gordon Brown thinks this will achieve.
It has become too PC to be united. That needs to be addressed. And when the UK was fighting a war in 1914 - 18 and 1939 - 45 there was no real issue with which part of the UK you came from. They were all fighting for a common cause.
Wales couldn't have survived on it's own. Nor Scotland. Nor England. Nor Northern Ireand. Not even Southern Ireland if it was attacked.
If we were talking about swearing alliegance to Great Britain I would agree. But I think this is too little too late, and the motivator is misguided.
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