Once again our unelected and allegedly powerless (if you believe the monarchists' guff) Head of State is caught out meddling in the political affairs of our country. This time the Old Lady was waxing lyrical to a BBC journalist about a terrorist suspect over tea and crumpets. The other disturbing side to this story is the BBC's grovelling apology. Why is it that the BBC, usually sound on most issues, just collapses into fits of deference when it comes to all things royal? Of course there is a simple answer to this problem: let us elect a proper Head of State and give them proper powers so they can do a proper job for our country...
'Republic has today called on the Queen to keep out of politics and has criticised her comments on Britain’s extradition laws as a cynical PR ploy.
'The Queen has waded into the debate on extradition laws by making it known to the BBC that she raised doubts about the legal process for extraditing Abu Hamza to government ministers.' (Republic article).
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