Jonathan Isaby Has suggested we should change the rules of royal succession to allow the eldest child to inherit the throne regardless of sex.
This is a silly idea.
Not because the current discrimination against women is a good thing (it's not), but because it doesn't make any sense.
Consider the reason why we would apply this rule: to make the system fair to both sons and daughters of the monarch. But this ignores the elephant in the room, the monarchy itself.
Any application of logic and reason would inevitably result in the abolition of the monarchy altogether! Surely its existence is an offence to democracy just as much as it is to women. Surely any reasonable person would want an elected head of state rather than a head determined at random.
However, I do not wish to abolish the monarchy, indeed I do not see a problem with the current situation. We all know it is a product of history, we are not creating society from scratch as some would like to believe. Leave it alone, as soon as we start tinkering with it to suit our current views its value as a historic part of our nation will be significantly diminished.
