Re:The UK’s tortured attempt to remake the internet
by dragonwriter on Thursday May 04, 2023 @08:08PM
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> That's exactly the trick. Have the head of the state encrusted in titles, ceremony and tradition, but with no practical power.
The British Monarch has more practical power than some elected heads of state in parliamentary republics (who typically do not have both vast personal landholdings and properties tied to the job and a veto, exercised confidentially, on any law that would impact them in their enjoyment of those privileges, which serves for potent and secret leverage on general legislation.)
The British Monarch has more practical power than some elected heads of state in parliamentary republics (who typically do not have both vast personal landholdings and properties tied to the job and a veto, exercised confidentially, on any law that would impact them in their enjoyment of those privileges, which serves for potent and secret leverage on general legislation.)