Like lots of Australians, we're faced today with the question of whether we watch the coronation tonight or not. My preference is 'not' but I'm yet to hear what Marilyn would like. I know she will be keen on the so-called 'Coronation Concert', but that's tomorrow. I note in the news our local royalty-lover, Eric Abetz, will be at a $120 a head cocktail party to watch a live screening of the ceremony. No doubt that will come under Parliamentary Business and he will claim the cost on expenses.
I notice also that a fair number of poms are preferring to watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail and that's fair enough. Apparently, there's a scene where King Arthur declares to peasants that he is their king, to which they reply that they didn't vote for him. King Arthur tells them that he became king when the Lady of the Lake handed him a sword.
Dennis the peasant replies, "Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony."
Hmm! Maybe there are some parallels here.
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