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To: Parliament

Remove monarch as head of state and head of church (CoE)

Abolish the role of the monarch in UK as head of state and head of the Church of England.

Why is this important?

The majority of the seats in Parliament are currently held by upper-middle class white males who attended public school and therefore do not represent the average Briton. David Cameron is related to the Queen (fifth cousin once removed). Thus, both the head of state and the head of government have only a vested interest in maintaining the status quo, i.e. the maintenance of the richest 1 - 5% in positions of power in the United Kingdom. The citizenry of the UK deserve representation in government. The Queen needs to be removed as head of state and, ideally, to be replaced by a president, elected by and for the people of the United Kingdom.

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Updates

2016-12-12 07:05:41 +0000

50 signatures reached

2015-09-18 12:54:44 +0100

25 signatures reached

2015-06-22 07:15:14 +0100

I neglected to state the means by which the Queen should be removed, as head of state, and this ought to be by referendum. Despite that the monarchy is an undemocratic institution; in a democracy it can only be fair and just to remove power of the monarchy by democratic mechanism/the will of the people.

It is unlikely that this petition will progress much further, unfortunately :-( I thought it important, nonetheless, to state that I am not requesting the removal of the monarch by anything other than a fair and democratic process.

2015-06-01 08:28:19 +0100

10 signatures reached