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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 12, 2022 @08:19PM (#32819167)
It purports to be both a non-republican democracy and a monarchy.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by cma on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:12PM (#32819557)
The king/queen can dissolve parliament: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative_in_the_Uni...

It is only by convention that he doesn't, that will only last until you get a bad king/queen and thr right opportunity.

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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by TheCoelacanth on Monday September 12, 2022 @09:16PM (#32819593)
It's only by convention that Parliament doesn't chop the King's head off. I would imagine that convention will last approximately the same amount of time.
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Re:Anti-royal protesters are being arrested in the U.K. as '... by cma on Monday September 12, 2022 @11:57PM (#32820510)
> In some nations that follow the Westminster system of government, such as the United Kingdom, ex post facto laws are possible, because the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy allows Parliament to pass any law it wishes.

https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ex_post_facto_law

Just get that fixed as well, that's not a great thing to have around.

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