The Irish should take a leaf out of the Australian Constitution

The Irish should take a leaf out of the Australian Constitution.

Australia like Ireland was once a British colony. The Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 changed that and gave Australia a measure of independent government. The Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942 made Australia a de jure independent nation and the Australia Act 1986 severed the last remaining links between Australia and the United Kingdom with the same person Queen Elisabeth II as the monarch of both nations the monarch treating each nation as separate and apart. In the 21st century Australia is a sovereign nation with its own federal government, its own distinct flag, anthem and passport, its own Australian citizenship and the Australian government is in control of the Australian army, navy and air force and is represented at the U.N. Australia retains the option of becoming a Republic by democratic means. The constitution of Canada is similar to that of Australia.

A Constitution for Ireland similar to the Australian is feasible if the political will can be found to change the U.K. constitution to the Federal Kingdom constitution of the Sovereign Nation of Ireland and Great Britain or vice versa with a reformed elected Crown as Head of State for all Ireland, the Crown treating the sovereign nations of Ireland and Great Britain as separate and apart. The option of a democratically agreed Republic of Ireland can be included in the National Government of Ireland Act. This would be a welcome change from those lunatics who would ram an Irish Republic down the throats of those who reject it, by murder and by blowing the place up.

Michael Gillespie Derry