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>It is worrying that the Queen can just say no before legislation gets off the ground The commonly-held belief in the UK is that the Queen gets to do this exac
by alasdair_ 6y ago
>It is worrying that the Queen can just say no before legislation gets off the ground
The commonly-held belief in the UK is that the Queen gets to do this exactly one time before she is abolished completely, on the assumption that millions of people would riot if she used her power in such a direct fashion without a truly extreme reason (like a nuke blowing up Westminster or something).
- spacedcowboy 6y agoYep, and it's seen as a last bastion before a malevolent (even if elected) government invokes tyranny. She'd have to be so sure that the populace would be behind her, and willing to risk the very existence of the monarchy. It'd take stopping a really "bad" thing for her to take that risk.