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Government of the United Kingdom Unit Three British Government “God save our gracious Queen! Long live our noble Queen! God save the Queen! Send her victorious, Happy and glorious, Long to reign over us, God save the Queen.” —the national anthem of the United Kingdom Look at the photos and tell how much you know about them. Oral Practices Part I Cultural FocusText B Constitutional Monarchy Warm Up  Who’s the current monarch of the Kingdom? And who is the current prime minister of the country? Who do you think is more responsible for the nation’s administration? What’s the responsibility of the Prime Minister in the United Kingdom? Discussion There are voices for deposing the monarch in the UK recent years. What is your opinion on the issue? Do you think it is necessary for British people to keep the puppet of a queen or a king? Why or Why not? Con Firstly, a hereditary monarch representing the feudal society of medieval England is intolerable in a modern democratic state. It represents the pinnacle of the anachronistic class system in Britain, promoting social division, snobbery, and separating them form ordinary hard working people. Britain will never become a meritocracy, where people are given opportunities according to their ability, not according to their birth, if the monarchy remains. As long as the monarchy survives, so will the class system in Britain. Secondly, it is unacceptable that the British tax payer should be paying ￡75,000,000 a year to support one of the richest families in Britain (wealth accumulated of course form the people during previous centuries).  Con Last year, additional expenses for a ￡200,000 wardrobe and a ￡50,000 well, both for Buckingham Palace were made to the tax payer. It may generate income form tourism, but this would increase to unprecedented levels if we were to abolish the monarchy and open up all the palaces as museums, hotels or restaurants. When people are forced to sleep on the streets, we cannot justify sp