Quote:
Originally posted by Chewy
Quote:
Originally posted by spacebandit
Quote:
Originally posted by Chewy
Quote:
Originally posted by bananarama
I suppose you could say the value of the Royal family is somewhst abstract.. The history of Royality and their properties and all the pomp does help yield tourism.
I don't know if the books balance or not. What Royalty cost versus what tourism they help create.
The Royal family only have theoretical control over us. It' is our Governments that mess this country up not Royalty.
Having said that I agree the Royal family may well be well past it's sell by date and perhaps should be phased out.......
I certainly don't want the likes of Charles/Camilla ever becoming King and Queen.....The present queen should be the last.
|
The Queen does control the Government, she can turn away a prime minister
also she can block a decison
and The Royalty own Britain
|
You are wrong, on a technicality.
Firstly no Monarch has refused the Royal Ascent since 1707
More importantly, the Prime Minister has "Royal Perogative"
Technically the Queen can dissolve Parliament, however if she did it would cause a constitutional crisis as the PM has Royal Perogative - the real power to call elections, raise taxes and wage war, the end result would be a snap General Election.
What, you may ask would happen should the Queen refuse to accept the result of a General Election ?
Well, Charles II can answer that question 
We have a Constitutional Monarchy, our Monarchs position as Head Of State is ceremonial - and its actual "power" , theough technically real, would and could never actually be used in a democracy.
As for saying the Royalty owns Britain.... no, corporations and banks own Britain, and if certain elements within the Labour and Conservative and Liberal Parties get their way, the European Commission will oversee Britain and we will pledge allegiance to an unelected commission
|
Yeah but the Queen has this power, she just chooses not to use it
|
In this case there is no "choice"
It becomes a matter of the democratic will
By saying she chooses not to use it only means you don't understand how the British constitution works, and how a Constituional Monarchy operates, and you massively overestimate the "power" of the monacrchy.
05-09-2007, 12:36 AM
Reply With Quote
i am not a royalist though and i couldnt be, not even bothered abouth visiting or seeing royal palaces
Linear Mode
