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Ultimately our elected representatives can always overrule the monarchy though, since parliamentary sovereignty trumps all. It might involve dissolving the gove

Ultimately our elected representatives can always overrule the monarchy though, since parliamentary sovereignty trumps all. It might involve dissolving the government, but ultimately parliament would win. You could obviously make the case that the monarch has unfair influence, but at the end of the day they still don’t have absolute power in any real sense.

brazzy 3y ago
> Ultimately our elected representatives can always overrule the monarchy though, since parliamentary sovereignty trumps all. Formally, it's a lot more complicated and weird: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-in-Parliament https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-in-Parliament
lozenge 3y ago
If that's true, parliament seemingly doesn't want to win. The monarch is excluded from environmental law, inheritance tax, heck they can even racially discriminate in hiring. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/series/queens-consent https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/series/queens-consent
- zimpenfish 3y ago
  > If that's true, parliament seemingly doesn't want to win. Aside from the Tories largely being aligned with the idea that you shouldn't be bound by environmental law (see sewage dumping), have to pay inheritance tax (they're considering scrapping it as an election boost), or not discriminate racially (pick whatever policy you want here), the kind of people who support the monarchy also tend to be rabid Tories - exactly the kind of people you don't want to antagonise if you want to stay in power. A Corbyn government might well have gone against the monarchy. I can't see Starmer doing it, though.
  - denton-scratch 3y ago
    > I can't see Starmer doing it, though. Remind me again: what does the 'K' in 'KC' stand for? Also: whose "loyal opposition" is it that Starmer leads?