How much getting rid of the monarchy does this require? Could they still be around doing ceremonial things, but without needing to rubberstamp their assent to laws? Could they have no formal legal status in the government but still be rich/famous and living in buckingham palace? Do they have to be murdered like the romanovs?

@JonathanRay "Republic" means "no monarchy"

The means don't matter to this option

But IIRC, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that they cannot be arbitrarily deprived of their personal property; I don't know which properties they own personally and which are owned by the Crown

How strict is "contemporaneous" here? Does the PM need to explicitly say they're a socialist while in office, or is it sufficient for them to describe as a socialist during the campaign and then win?

@Fion Any time during the campaign or the term in office counts.

@JonathanRay so if Labour win this election it resolves YES?

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/may/27/starmer-im-a-socialist-and-progressive-who-will-always-put-country-first

What if it's a woman?

@lisamarsh that still counts, I just use the masculine pronoun for convenience

Minor border adjustments do not count.

This is pretty impossible to happen to the UK, which is not a FIFA member. Does England winning count?

@BrunoParga What about Scotland/Wales/NI? And is this just men's football?

@lisamarsh Only men's football. If any of the UK members (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) wins, that counts. If it exits the UK before winning, that doesn't count.

I assume "democratic socialist" counts?

@Fion Yes