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Originally Posted by gdiddy27
Isn't gay marriage an example of parties being swayed by popular opinion?
The Tories and gay marriage don't go together, but david Cameron is being forced to change Party Policy, as except for a few Christian nuts, people are now happy to see gay marriage.
If the other way round was the case it could be quite worrying. That'd imply the general public is homophobic and Cameron is blazing a trail for gay rights!
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Gay marriage is an example of political parties knowing when to abandon really unpopular opinions, because to do otherwise would be politically stupid.
The royal family is a relic that really should have been gotten rid of a long time ago, and while I'd wager that most people in the UK and commonwealth countries don't want an unelected head of state with very real and undemocratic powers, it's unpopular at the moment to be against "the queen" or the idea of a British royal family. The powerful political parties and most of the media seem to separate the two, and it just so happens that people are apathetic enough to go along with it.
When 80% of the UK is calling for the royals to be thrown out of the palace and have their powers revoked, then the Tories and Labour will both suddenly be of the opinion that a royal family is a bad idea. They only 'reflect' popular opinion when they have to, and when it's in their best interest, until then they do everything in their power to make their opinions the normal ones.