This is what we set the U.N. up for? For the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and communist dictatorship Cuba to tell the United Kingdom to get rid of its monarchy?
Apparently.
Britain should get rid of the monarchy, says UN
By Nick Allen
Last Updated: 12:01am BST 13/06/2008A United Nations report says Britain should abolish its monarchy.
The UN Human Rights Council said the UK must “consider holding a referendum on the desirability or otherwise of a written constitution, preferably republican”. The council has 29 members including Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Sri Lanka. It was the Sri Lankan envoy who raised concerns over the British monarchy.
The resulting report said Britain should have a referendum on the monarchy and the need for a written constitution with a bill of rights.
The monarchy costs each adult in Britain around 62p a year but even groups representing taxpayers said there was no case for getting rid of it.
Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the TaxPayers’ Alliance, said: “With so many human rights abuses around the world the UN should be busy reporting on issues of starvation, execution and the denial of the vote to huge numbers of people around the world.
“Saudi Arabia and Cuba should pay a little more attention to their own human rights record.” …
Some of the comments posted at the Telegraph:
If we lived in a rational world this would have to be an April Fool joke. As we don’t it tells us more about the priorities and usefulness of the UN than the merits of our constitution.
Posted by Horshamite on June 13, 2008 4:45 PM—————————
Whilst I firmly believe that the anachronistic British Monarchy should be abolished, I would actively refute any such consideration being put forth by a bunch of twots, such as the Sri Lankan or Saudi Arabian envoys.
Posted by Ilokid on June 13, 2008 4:36 PM
“Twots”… right into my usage book for upcoming blog entries….
(A tip of my royal crown to fawlty for the article. God save ye olde Queen, and abolish ye asinine twots at the U.N.)
P.S. – What’s the next U.N. report going to recommend?
P.P.S. – Sri Lanka is officially called the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is home to the Tamil Tigers terrorist group, and has a dismal human rights record.
P.P.P.S – A reader named Christian sent me an advisory re the definition of “TWOT”, which alarmed me a LOT! In his dictionary (an “urban” dictionary), it means “vagina” (whatever that is). I’d also looked it up myself before officially liking it, right here: https://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/TWOT, where I took it to mean “Total Waste Of Time”. Also here: https://www.all-acronyms.com/?t=twot (same meaning). But I officially won’t be using it now. Thanks Christian.
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