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Evaluation of Internet Sources

Name of Website The.squabble.com
Title of Article Does Britain still need a monarchy?
URL http://thesquabble.com/politics/does-britain-still-need-the-royal-family/
Publisher of Website The.squabble.com
Author of Article Matt Smith
Date published or last updated N/A not mentioned but written just before Royal Wedding 2012, so will refer to source date as 2012
Date accessed 10/01/2013
Type of site: business / academic / charity / gov’t / journalistic /political / religious / campaign / blog / forum / education
  Evaluation of this source: · fact 1 opinion · objective 1 persuasive · level of bias · assumptions · up-to-date? · reliable?   This is a political source and consists of personal opinion of the author. It is objective. It is not biased and has no assumptions. The date is not available but the site is supposed to be up-to-date because was written at the same time with the wedding of William and Kate. This source is considered reliable.
  Main points: The British Royal Family is one of the most famous families in the world and is headed by the Queen Elizabeth ||. Are role of the Queen and the future role of the royal family needed anymore? The UK is a unitary state which consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Each has its own parliament (apart from England) that is ultimately controlled by Britain’s central government, which is located in London at the Houses of Parliament. Here the current government, comprising of a “Cabinet” of 22 Ministers (Government department heads), are led by the Prime Minister who collectively run the country. The current elected prime minister is David Cameron with his coalition party of Conservative and Liberal Democrats parties. The Queen’s role is limited to nan-partisan functions, such as granting honours, the Queen’s speech, the annual opening of Parliament and welcomes a new Prime Minister after an election. The Queen is also the Head of State of 16 of the 53 independent states of the Commonwealth, which includes Australia and Canada. Additionally, Her Majesty is also the Supreme Governor of the Church of England. The existence of the royal family in the UK benefits the country in different ways. The most obvious one is the economic impact. The history of the royal family, their residences and ceremonies attract loads of tourists. The upcoming Royal Wedding of William and Kate could generate an estimated £1 billion+ for the UK economy, which more than covers the £20 million cost of the event. Also the royal family does plenty of charitable works across the country and makes up the ‘face’ of the country as a whole. However, British monarchy is undemocratic. The British monarch has not been elected and became a ‘head of the state’ just because of their parents. This is not reflected in our society where we encourage our children to better themselves by working hard and not marrying the social ladder. So is it fair for some people to live posh life just because they were born in a special family and for the others to struggle to survive?  

 



 


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