Dave Batha day ago
It appears the Queen has been looking into her reserve powers, and whether or not she can sack Boris.
https://www.scotsman.com/news/queen-sought-advice-on-sacking-prime-minister-source-claims-1-5013774
Queen ‘sought advice’ on sacking Prime Minister, source claims – The ScotsmanThe monarch reportedly asked aides for first time in her reign just how and when should could dismiss a PM.www.scotsman.com
Jason Hortona day ago
She should. In principle she can suspend Parliament and take over rule of the nation but she won’t. Sacking a serving Prime Minister would be a disaster for the monarchy, maybe even the end of it.
I repeat, she should sack Boris Johnson.
Jason Hortona day ago
Good grief, no. She’s an old lady with more money than legs, in an entirely pointless position where she symbolically agrees to everything that the Prime Minister brings to her. You could replace her with a robot with a rubber stamp.
Think of her as a one woman electoral college for all the use she is.
Having said that the one power the Queen retains is the power to dismiss a sitting Prime Minister and appoint a new one. She does this at the behest of the departing Prime Minister but there are no rules to say she can’t just do it off her own back.
The problem being that if she did so she would be breaking the rule that the Royal Family does not engage in politics. That would open her up to criticism from any government that the elected representatives of the people, Parliament, are unable to act independently. There would be calls to abolish the monarchy and replace it with a republic as the French wisely did when they chopped off the heads of nobility in the late 18th century.
We’re surrounded by historic relics. There’s nothing wrong with that per se. It’s only when they are misused that it becomes an issue. For example our Parliamentary system is inherently adversarial, we have two sides to the House of Commons and they sit exactly two sword lengths apart on opposite sides. In the EU they sit round in a huge circle where all sides have an equal say.
We have a system of closing Parliament for a few days or a couple of weeks to flush out the old crap that’s never going to pass and to make a fresh start. Proroguing Parliament is a routine feature that is common and uninteresting. Then some twat decides to use it to shut down discussion and debate and to silence the elected representatives of the people, clearly not what it was intended for. A relic of tradition, perfectly serviceable, and then completely misused.
We desperately need reform of our political system.
indeed. tradition should not require us to stand by and allow the planet to be destroyed
how about Madam La Guillotine from the history dustbin?
Dave Bath19 hours ago
I’m from a country where a Governor-General (the Queen’s represetative) used the reserve powers to sack a pm – incorrectly in my view hours before the PM would have gone to the GG seeking a double-dissolution of both houses. (11-Nov-1975, when John Kerr sacked the wonderful Gough Whitlam).
Reserve powers are useful to have, in extreme cases. And Boris obviously lied. The delicate thing would be asking someone else to form a government – particularly as a majority at the moment is all over the place.
nina tryggvasonan hour ago
I am from Canada, where the GG we had let Harper do what Boris did and the UK courts disallowed.
Dave Bath22 minutes ago
Reserve powers are weird things, aren’t they?
nina tryggvason21 minutes ago
the queen is a figurehead until needed to be the adult in the room
Dave Bath18 minutes ago
She really should have gone to westminster a while back, when they were paralyzed, and told them she wasn’t going to leave until they got their act together, literally, and passed a bill.
Dave Bath22 minutes ago
As Jonathan Pie (the comedic character news presenter) said “We live in more civilized times, doesn’t have to be his head, I’d be happy enough if it was just his balls”
nina tryggvason10 minutes ago
i say take all the conservatives to the world court and remind everyone that “just following orders” is already disallowed as a defense.
I am Canadian but not against the death penalty for very serious crimes and against the planet is the highest crime
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