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I'd say the biggest problem, both during Elizabeth's reign and beyond, is the fact that the royal family can still influence actual laws as they're being made,
by swores 3y ago
I'd say the biggest problem, both during Elizabeth's reign and beyond, is the fact that the royal family can still influence actual laws as they're being made, for example: 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...
But this story is very significant, the revelation of just how far news organisations bend over backwards to allow the royal family control over the coverage, as while we maybe don't need to care a huge amount about how the coronation itself was covered it does matter a great deal more to think about the fact that similar control will limit the press from covering more important topics relating to them.
- bell-cot 3y agoLooking at the past ~125 years of British history, and especially Britain's [cough] honest and [gag] competent elected leaders of the past few decades...I'd say you're overly concerned with which petty officer has the lawful authority to rearrange the deck chairs on what parts of the Titanic.
- swores 3y agoIt's possible to criticise multiple things!
- bell-cot 3y agoQuite true, +1. And the sun never sets on the plethora of serious problems which modern Britain provides for easy criticism. ...But you said "the biggest problem". (Vs. "a bigger problem".) Thus leaving yourself open to obvious straw-man interpretations by every amateur historian and pedant on the web.