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By that logic we should make Charles the Prime Minister and shut down parliament. Maybe the reason the Queen is so respected is that she doesn't (visibly) exer
by dane-pgp 4y ago
By that logic we should make Charles the Prime Minister and shut down parliament.
Maybe the reason the Queen is so respected is that she doesn't (visibly) exercise much power, and the lesson there is actually that Prime Ministers should be more limited in what they can do of their own volition (without broad consent from the public, in the form of a truly representative parliament and an independent judiciary enforcing a codified constitution).
- spacedcowboy 4y ago> By that logic we should make Charles the Prime Minister and shut down parliament Uh huh. I think reductio ad absurdum wants to have a word.
- pbhjpbhj 4y agoThe only reason for the Queen to prorogue parliament when Boris was clearly lying about it --he was avoiding democratic dissent against him-- is to avoid making a kerfuffle that risked setting Tories against Royalists (these groups being largely coterminous). Basically, I felt she might be a person of upright morals and firm beliefs right up until that point; then she proved she's just doing everything to keep the money flowing for her family and didn't really care about 'her subjects' and so does not deserve our respect, not in the least.
- dTal 4y agoOne wonders who the Queen's "advisors" are. They surely hold enormous power for how unknown they are.
- dane-pgp 4y agoThe "deep state" nature of the Queen's advisers[0] is the second dirtiest secret of the British monarchical system, after Queen's/Prince's Consent.[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom#Privy_Council_oath_and_initiation_rite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Ki... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Consent#Vetting_of_bills_under_consent_procedure https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Consent#Vetting_of_bil...