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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by HenryKissinger on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:16PM (#26083833)
I view the monarchy as Britain's system32. A backup in case the OS fails, or something like that.
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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by mhh__ on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @07:58PM (#26084611)
How? If Parliament fails the queen doesn't start writing laws, we'd have had a revolution.
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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by zepto on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:09PM (#26085036)
Parliament has failed many times, including at least once in the last decade. When it does, the Queen appoints whoever can form a credible government to be the prime minister.
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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by mhh__ on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @09:41PM (#26085207)
> When it does, the Queen appoints whoever can form a credible government to be the prime minister.

Because if she did anything else someone else would. Constitutions barely mean anything when tested, our unwritten constitution might isn't worth fuck all

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by etrevino on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @06:23PM (#26083893)
That's exactly it.
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