Vice-Regal Saint: The fall of Helengrad
I'm not sure why we failed to mention that New Zealand has a new prime minister, but the Honourable John Key nows heads up the other Down Under. Like so many others who are wedded to the spirit of the age, he reportedly believes that it is inevitable (yawn) that New Zealand will become a republic, so I'm not sure how much of an improvement this limosine liberal is over his predecessor. In any event, unlike his colleague across the Tasman, he had the dignified good sense not to raise the republican issue in advance of meeting Her Majesty a couple of weeks ago. (Notice also how his tie matches Her Majesty's dress!)
The Queen receives the Prime Minister of New Zealand, the Hon. John Key MP, at Buckingham Palace, 25 November 2008.
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Hm. On Mr Key's party website, next to a picture of the man himself, is a list called Vision and Values: http://national.org.nz/About/vision.aspx
The very first item on that list is: "Loyalty to our country, its democratic principles and our Sovereign as Head of State."
That doesn't seem very wet to me...
Cato
Mr Key also says that it is inevitable that the country will become a republic, although probably not for another decade.
“If Australia becomes a republic there is no question it will set off quite an intense debate on this side of the Tasman,” he said. “We would have to have a referendum if we wanted to move towards it. But I don’t think that will happen for some years yet.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/article5119885.ece
He also says that Tony Blair and David Cameron are his political heroes. We're getting mixed signals to say the least.
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