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Perhaps, but the UK is officially a monarchy and the Prime Minister has the power to prorogue parliament. At least the Financial Times isn't calling it a "const
by mikece 7y ago
Perhaps, but the UK is officially a monarchy and the Prime Minister has the power to prorogue parliament. At least the Financial Times isn't calling it a "constitutional crisis" like US news outlets are doing... the UK doesn't have a constitution. Implementing one would rival Magna Carta in English political history and there's a coin-flip's chance they would try to abolish the monarchy while at it, something which is a deeply divisive topic in the UK.
- DanBC 7y agoWe don't have a written constitution. That doesn't mean this isn't a constitutional disaster. http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/prorogation-constitutional-principle-and-law-fact-and-causation/ http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/prorogation-constitutional-principl... > The Prime Minister’s recent announcement that Parliament would be prorogued, thereby severely curtailing the opportunity for parliamentary debate, raises important issues of constitutional principle and law, and also issues concerning fact and causation.