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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by henrikschroder on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:37PM (#26085791)
No, the prime minister is the head of government, while the monarch is the head of state, those are two different roles.

You could merge them, South Africa-style if you wanted, but it's pretty unusual. Most parliamentary systems separate the two.

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Re:The Queen has more power over British law than we thought by RandomBK on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:57PM (#26085866)
I don't disagree that a unified head of state+government would be unusual, but most parliamentary systems were also heavily inspired by the Westminster System, so that might not be a great argument one way or another.
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