Britain is a parliamentary democracy.

[I]t is a documented fact that pirates captured treasures of jewels and gold while Jolly Rogers or bloody flags flew atop their mainmasts (although they were more likely to capture a treasure of socks, molasses, and flour).

And gone the Godless destiny of death and desperation, and gone the madness of a life committed to uncare, and gone the tears and terror of the brutal days and endless nights where time alone would rule.

It was a rip-roaring bar fight, until the cops broke it up.