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Democracy's Biggest Fan Speaks Democracy effectively means that we, the people, get to choose who runs our country on our behalf. The role of a monarch as Head of State, embodying rule by inheritance, is, therefore, anathema to the purest concept of democracy. So, with this in mind, events in June 2003 caused a certain degree of amusement to me. Democracy 'The worst form of government-except for all the others.' Winston Churchill Increasing democracy is by far the most important and powerful reason to ditch the monarchy. All other reasons either follow on from it or pale in comparison to the strength of the argument. The word democracy is ultimately derived from the Greek demokratia which is a term comprised of demos - 'the people' - and kratos - 'strength, power.' So, democracy basically means that power lies in the hands of the people. In most developed countries, this entails the direct election of a legislative...

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