Although the final count is not in - due to postal votes etc, the republic
was defeated in the November 6 referendum. With 77.8% of the vote
counted
45.3% Yes for Republic39.5% Yes to add preamble to constitution
54.7% No for Republic 60.5% No to preamble.
To win the republic
>From the reports here in Sweden it appears that the real question appeared to be the
>question of who would elect a president. The people or the parliment and because the
>purposal declined the former many "republicans" elected to keep the old hag.
Much talk about the deep mistrust of politica
The preamble looks like a fatal error for a state - to try to reconcile
classes and interests instead of trying to appear to stand above them. No
wonder it was pulled in all directions. Britain will have to remember this
when it eventually gets a written constitution, a deficiency which out of
all
