![]() Image by Alisdare Hickson from Woolwich, United Kingdom, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 2.0 |
Moore Nicky And The SceptresRepublicanism in the United Kingdom Republicanism in the United Kingdom Political movement to replace the United Kingdom's monarchy with a republic British republicans seek to replace the United Kingdom's monarchy with a republic led by an elected head of state. Monarchy has been the form of government used in the United Kingdom and its predecessor domains almost exclusively since the Middle Ages, except for a brief interruption from 1649–1660, during which a nominally republican government did exist under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell. After Cromwell's Protectorate fell and the monarchy was restored, governing duties were increasingly handed to Parliament, especially as a result of the Glorious Revolution of 1688. The adoption of the constitutional monarchy system made the argument for… (Source: Wikipedia)
|