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Fairly sure this is not true. The monarch has the power to dissolve parliament, but not vice versa.
by felixfurtak 15y ago
Fairly sure this is not true. The monarch has the power to dissolve parliament, but not vice versa.
- cabalamat 15y agoParliament does have the power to sack the monarch; the last time this happened was in 1689.
- arethuza 15y agoEdward VIII was forced to abdicate in 1936: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII_abdication_crisis
- cabalamat 15y agoThat's true.
- rmc 15y agoAnd the Act of Settlement of 1700ish defines that only the protestant descendeds of Sophie of Hanover can be monarch. This is an example of Parliament defining who is (and more importantly for the Stuarts) who cannot be monarch.
- rmc 15y agoThe UK has a legal/constitutional system that appears, on the surface, to say one thing, but in reality says something else. On paper, de jure, the monarch has all the power, the parliament operates in their name, they appoint and dissolve the parliament, they sign all the laws, etc. However in reality, parliament has all the power. The queen has no veto on laws, if they were to refuse to sign a law, they would have to resign (or there'd be a civil war). In theory the queen appoints the government and prime minister, but they must appoint the person who parliament has choose. In theory PM goes to the queen to dissolve parliament, but the queen cannot refuse. The monarch has mo power anymore is more of a formality.