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Britain should get rid of the monarchy, says UN

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14 06 08 - 11:24
The UN Human Rights Council said the UK must "consider holding a referendum on the desirability or otherwise of a written constitution, preferably republican".

The council has 29 members including Saudi Arabia, Cuba and Sri Lanka.

It was the Sri Lankan envoy who raised concerns over the British monarchy.

The monarchy costs each adult in Britain around 62p a year but even groups representing taxpayers said there was no case for getting rid of it.
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This is like a sick joke. The report lists various other odd complaints about Britain such as Iran complaining about our sexual discrimination. It's up to the British people to point out what we need here, not foreigners who seem to hate us.

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