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It feels like the better way to do it tbh. The PM gets the benefit of her experience without having the media use her words to beat him with if he choses a diff
by bengale 6y ago
It feels like the better way to do it tbh. The PM gets the benefit of her experience without having the media use her words to beat him with if he choses a different direction.
- Balero 6y agoOr a better way for a very wealthy person with far more power and influence than the average person to, in secret, lobby the leader of the government. Frankly I would rather have this lobbying out in the open where it can be held accountable.
- iso1631 6y agoThose secret lobbying meetings with rich and powerful people happen regardless. Compared with most lobbyists the Queen doesn't have power.
- zepto 6y ago“A very wealthy person” is a weird way to reduce her to nothing. She is also the only person in the world who has the experience of a weekly conversation with the last 14 prime ministers of Britain. She is the embodiment of the state’s institutional memory.
- bengale 6y agoShe’s not just a very wealthy person, she’s our monarch. You can obviously argue the system could be different/better but it’s not, and there is no appetite here to change it. That being the case I think her keeping her political views between the PM and herself is the better way to do it.