> I suppose the king could instruct Labour to try to form a minority cabinet If you'd like to know more about the complex details of the role that the monarch

> I suppose the king could instruct Labour to try to form a minority cabinet If you'd like to know more about the complex details of the role that the monarch could play in deciding the next PM (without an election), I recommend reading about the Lascelles Principles.[0] You should particularly note one line from that article: "The convention was in abeyance from 2011 to 2022, ... these principles are thought to have been revived." (emphasis mine). Basically, the UK's creaky, uncodified, thousand-year old constitution doesn't actually allow legal experts (much less the public) to know for sure whether these hugely consequential principles even exist any more. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascelles_Principles https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lascelles_Principles