3 ms·
In the UK the Queen herself is exempt from a lot of law so maybe the Royal Mail used her prerogatives to just say fuck it.
by freepor 7y ago
In the UK the Queen herself is exempt from a lot of law so maybe the Royal Mail used her prerogatives to just say fuck it.
- Gaelan 7y agoRoyal Mail is a private company now, according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail#Privatisation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mail#Privatisation.
- tenpies 7y agoAll of a sudden Brexit makes a little bit more sense.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoYou do get some odd hangovers in these former civil service companies - I could see the GPO having some carve outs via "crown immunity" Also I believe a few decades ago the Mexican state oil company had a big spill and relied on sovereign immunity to avoid the consequences
- chrisseaton 7y agoThe Queen does not run the Royal Mail.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoShe did when it was in public ownership
- chrisseaton 7y agoBut it isn’t now so it doesn’t apply to this conversation about these stamps.
- C1sc0cat 7y agoObviously you haven't worked for the Civil service or an ex civil service org then
- chrisseaton 7y agoI don’t really understand what you mean, sorry. In what sense do you think the Royal Mail is able to employ Royal prerogative in this case? The Crown doesn’t normally ignore copyright laws.
- pbhjpbhj 7y agoThe rule of law was strengthened in 1947, allowing the Crown to face tort proceedings; https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Proceedings_Act_1947 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Proceedings_Act_1947 . But, as others have said, the Royal Mail plc. is not the Crown nor Monarch.