Dennis Canavan- a Scot and ex-Labour party member, hounded by Blairites failed to get the ill placed and discriminatory oath to Elizabeth the first (of the "UK") removed from Scotlands parliamentary swearing in ceremony.

OK. Some people are so timid and weak they like the notion of someone being so much better than they are, like the Ant Queen. Well, they can hold that view. BUT: for those of us with spines and brains, the notion of monarchy is a stupid and outmoded as bans of birth control and abortion.