Felix the Cassowary . # .

Replacing the Queen without change: The simple solution to replacing the Queen without affecting the dynamic is to make the Appointership/Honorary Presidentship not a full time position. The Queen currently has a number of other jobs in addition to her role as head of state (Queen of the United Kingdom, Queen of Canada, Queen of New Zealand and so forth). If the Appointer maintained his job, say, at the local factory down the road, it\'d be clear to all and sundry (including himself) that he\'s not intended to be a major powerholder, but instead a formal and failsafe part of our constitution.

Of course, the chances of getting a local factory worker as our head of state are slim to none at best, especially if only three nominations of non-ex-viceregal-officeholders is allowed, unless all campaining is done exclusively by government departments.

I would, thought, love to have a local factory worker as our head of state. Not an ex-factory worker, nor a factory worker on five years unpaid leave, but an actual, honest-to-god factory worker.