The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
theguardian.com
The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
1–10 of 599 posts
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#2[deleted]
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#3Isn't Britain a Constitutional *Monarchy*?
Did they forget that? There's still the House of Lords and the House of Commons for a reason. The monarchy and the landowners are still a thing and are still a ruling class.
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#4Isn't Britain a Constitutional *Monarchy*? Did they forget that? There's still the House of Lords and the House of Commons for a reason. The monarchy and the landowners are still a thing and are still a ruling class.
People keep assuming it's a democracy and they're often told they are in charge, then somehow things never go their way...
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#5Parliament is sovereign. Consequently, the Queen has exactly as much power as Parliment allows.
Sure, the Queen could decide to exercise her power outside of the constrained ways she currently does, but the very likely effect of that is a vote to strip her of her power.
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#6Isn't Britain a Constitutional *Monarchy*? Did they forget that? There's still the House of Lords and the House of Commons for a reason. The monarchy and the landowners are still a thing and are still a ruling class.
This is addressed in the article.
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#7Isn't Britain a Constitutional *Monarchy*? Did they forget that? There's still the House of Lords and the House of Commons for a reason. The monarchy and the landowners are still a thing and are still a ruling class.
People keep assuming it's a democracy and they're often told they are in charge, then somehow things never go their way...
That's kind of the fault of voters, the political class, and the media, though. The Queen's practical impact on the situation is practically nil.
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#8Parliament is sovereign. Consequently, the Queen has exactly as much power as Parliment allows. Sure, the Queen could decide to exercise her power outside of the constrained ways she currently does, but the very likely effect of that is a vote to strip her of her power.
This is exactly what the article is about.
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#9So where's Glenn Greenwald's complaints that the Guardian's journalists are prying into the Queen's private conversations and that she should be allowed to have these without criticism?
Re: The Queen has more power over British law than we thought
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
People keep assuming it's a democracy and they're often told they are in charge, then somehow things never go their way...
That's kind of the fault of voters, the political class, and the media, though. The Queen's practical impact on the situation is practically nil.
Did you read the article? Apparently what is widely assumed to be a pro forma aspect of the legislative process has, in fact, been used to make substantive changes to legislature before it's even presented to parliament and this is done in a manner outside of public view.