The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Probably not the right thread to ask this question but do we need a head of state?
If the monarchy went would we need a president?
Moved out of the sex scandal thread as this is an interesting debate.
My views have softened over the years, I used to be totally anti, but for the little per head cost, if you don't like them, you can turn the other cheek I think (or turn off coverage) but the youngsters seem to be doing a decent enough job at trying to push things into the modern era.
I guess a head of state is needed, albeit not with any formal powers, so whatever we had, would have faults.