Many people will think me insane. Not only do I support monarchism, but I also support an independent Scotland under a restored Jacobean royal. This seems to put me at odds with the ultra-liberal democratic bourgeois who think monarchy belongs in the Dark Ages, but most monarchists look on in distain, fearing that I will split support for our cause in Britain between Windsor and Stewart hence letting the Republic in by the back door.
Over the coming months I hope to dispel the dirty rumours about the inefficiency of various types of monarchical government, but let me take this opportunity to sooth the fears of my brethren. In Scotland the House of Windsor/Hanover is seen as very much the English Monarch. As I do not support a Jacobean restoration to the throne in Westminster I think that there is little chance of me splitting opinion in anywhere but Scotland, and as we only make up 10% of the population there is little danger of upsetting the balance in the rest of the country. However, I think it is important that a King/Queen who is seen as Scottish is placed on the independent throne of that nation. I hope that the very feeling of being Scottish (our culture etc) begins to circle around the throne, meaning that the idea of a republic is tantamount to declaring the Scottish culture and heritage obsolete. This would secure the institution of monarchy far more thoroughly than the multi-cultural British Queen (she must appeal to Welsh, English and Irish sensibilities as well as those of Scotland) could ever hope to achieve.
The House of Windsor cannot become involved in the running of their kingdom to the degree required if we are ever to justify the upkeep of the royal dynasty-although it is a sad state of affairs that we must justify their existence, that is the world we live in-due to the constitutional settlement of the Commonwealth. In an independent Scotland this would not be a problem as it is a far more local and united area that would not be constrained by the historical circumstances faced elsewhere in the old Imperial domain. I think it is unlikely that the current monarch would abandon the responsibility of the Commonwealth (and neither they should), but this leaves it up to the Jacobean cause to make the case for a more personal and Celtic kingdom.
Fortune favour us.
The Red Knight.
