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This is wrong. The prime minister technically asks the queen to do everything, he is only an adviser to her. All of the PM's powers are actually the queens, if
by James_K 4y ago
This is wrong.
The prime minister technically asks the queen to do everything, he is only an adviser to her.
All of the PM's powers are actually the queens, if she was removed he would retain any of his powers (prorogation included).
The only difference would be that he wouldn't have to ask, but the asking is more ceremonial, the queen has no real choice but to do as he says.
TL;DR asking the queen to do things is just a ceremony with no real impact on the PM's powers, removing the queen is removing the ceremony not the powers.
- wfhordie 4y agoThe Queen has the power, but she has no choice than to do what the PM says? This is autocracy with extra steps. End the monarchy, end the bullshit ceremonies, and write up some rules for when you’re allowed to trash the government.
- James_K 4y ago>This is autocracy No it isn't. The monarch's position is purely ceremonial. The queen doesn't pose even the slightest risk to democracy in the UK. She has no power to act outside of the government's will, just a bunch of old documents that say she theoretically can. >End the monarchy, end the bullshit ceremonies, and write up some rules for when you’re allowed to trash the government. You don't have an argument here. You have a claim that the ceremonies and culture of another country should be destroyed, and accompanying it you have a request that legal loopholes in its system of governance should be resolved. My counter-proposal is that the loopholes are resolved and the tradition remains intact.