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Utter rubbish. Prime ministers have long held weekly audiences with the monarch. The monarch has the right to review legislation before it is put to parliamen
by CaptainMarvel 3y ago
Utter rubbish.
Prime ministers have long held weekly audiences with the monarch.
The monarch has the right to review legislation before it is put to parliament.
That mechanism has been used to change laws - in your lifetime, on this side of the century.
These are just three examples from the top of my head.
- borski 3y ago> That mechanism has been used to change laws - in your lifetime, on this side of the century. I have no bone to pick, not knowing anything about the royal family, but do you have any examples of this happening?
- avianlyric 3y agoThere’s a number of UK laws with odd carve-outs for the royal family. A notable one is the Equality Act where there is a carve-out that allows the Royal family to discriminate with its hiring practices in a way that would be illegal for any other organisation. I don’t think there are any examples of significant changes to provisional laws, but certainly tweaks to make sure the royal family doesn’t have to keep with the times.
- borski 3y agoOh, sure - that I’d believe. The royal family has historically been the prototype for “above the law.” But I meant I wasn’t aware of any cases in which (in our lifetimes or relatively recently) the royal family had put their thumb on the scale of a law and had it modified in a way that changed it for the general citizenry of the UK.
- rcarr 3y agoThey've vetted over 1000 that may conflict with their interests. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vetted-more-than-1000-laws-via-queens-consent https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/08/royals-vette...
- borski 3y agoYou missed my point - on any of these 1000 or more, did they change anything or stop them? If not, then it’s largely just procedural, at least in effect. That’s my point.
- rcarr 3y agoYes. > The Queen successfully lobbied the government to change a draft law in order to conceal her “embarrassing” private wealth from the public, according to documents discovered by the Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-queen-lobbied-for-change-in-law-to-hide-her-private-wealth https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/revealed-que...
- borski 3y agoThank you! That’s the dumbest shit ever, lol.
- rcarr 3y agolol you should try living here, it tests your sanity
- borski 3y agoIs there anywhere that’s not true for?
- rcarr 3y agoWell as far as political systems go, Switzerland seems the gold standard from what I've read. And if you can deal with the cold then the Nordic nations seem pretty good, particularly Iceland. As for general day to day, I quite like the look of the laidback Mediterranean countries and la dolce vita rather than whatever the fuck the UK is about nowadays.
- avianlyric 3y agoSorry those are three examples of what? They don’t shout unconstrained political power to me, they don’t even shout political power at all.
- jdietrich 3y agoThe monarch cannot lawfully overrule parliament. The monarch is entitled to review legislation and express an opinion, but they must act on the advice of parliament. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689