A saner way to run the country

If you'd like to play a part in our islands' own 'War Against Terrorism' - despite the recently published report on the IRA having abandoned the 'Armed Struggle' - making the 'troubles' in Ulster definitively a thing from the past, please read on.

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I should like to take this opportunity to welcome you to a completely new way of running the islands of Britain and Ireland that would take a massive stride towards solving the two apparently intractable problems of the future of Ulster on the one hand and the future of the British Monarchy on the other.

The eventual aim of this 'new way' is to establish a new state in these islands called 'The Royal Confederation of Britain and Ireland'.

The lynchpin of the 'new way' is intended to be a royal head of state who would be able to pursue any faith they wish to and who would rule the entirety of what is currently known as 'The British Isles'. This would, I believe, satisfy both the Protestant and Catholic 'traditions' in Ulster inasmuch as the former would still be able to consider themselves 'British' while the latter would not feel that they are, of necessity, ruled in perpetuity by a head of state whose faith they may perceive as hostile to them. H.R.H. The Prince of Wales has in any case let it be known that at such time as he becomes monarch he wishes to be known as 'Defender of Faith' rather than 'Defender of the Faith', so the 'new way' is definitely in tune with the way in which the prospective British head of state intends to go and, furthermore, with the Archbishop of Canterbury's opinions on Church and State separation.

The Royal Confederation of Britain and Ireland would be a confederated state split up into England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Internally, these constituent countries would be able to pursue independent policies. However, policy towards the outside of these islands would be coordinated. Each country would have its own parliament and Prime Minister, with a parliament that co-ordinates the whole, resident in a location yet to be confirmed, under a Prime Minister - to be re-designated 'First Advisor to The King/Queen'. It was proposed to me by a correspondent in Australia that, like Australia, there should be a capital of the Royal Confederation at a place other than the largest city within the country's borders in a dedicated 'Capital Territory'. Suggestions for a possible location for this 'Capital Territory' are always welcome.

Ultimately, a new political party could be organised with the aim of supporting the aforementioned 'new way'. I would therefore like to hear from like-minded people who think that my idea is a sensible one and one well worth putting into effect.

I look forward to hearing from anybody out there in that other country by the name of what I call 'WWW-Land'. Let's get together to make a saner future for our islands. After all, Germany managed the feat of re-unification after having been divided by the main fault-line of the world in the shape of the Iron Curtain. Would it not , therefore, be a poor 'look-out' if the territory of the British Isles could not similarly be re-unified after over seventy years of occasionally horrifyingly disfiguring division?

Please contact Christopher Bentley at: old_soul_rebel@yahoo.co.uk should you wish to send messages of support or suggestions for improvements to my ideas. The RCPBI would seek to organise in both the present countries of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, so messages of support are welcome from either.

Thank you.

From the headquarters of what could become The Royal Confederative Party of Britain and Ireland.
Let's make these islands of ours whole again, as they should have been all along.

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