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Paul Richards wrote:
> 
> --On Sunday, September 23, 2001 13:42:52 -0700 Terry Lambert
> <tlambert2@mindspring.com> wrote:
> 
> > Really, it has worked remarkably well for the 225 years it
> > has been in power.  If you want to get technical, the U.K.
> > government changed from a Monarchy to a Republic in that
> > time, and the German government has turned over at least 4
> > times, if you count only gross form, and not instances.
> 
> I think it will come as a bit of a shock to most people in the UK to find
> that the UK is a republic.
> 
> What's the basis for this rather interesting opinion?

Who holds the actual power these days?

Are they elected by people who are elected, or are they
elected by the general populace?

-- Terry

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