An English(or British) constiution?

[chesters1]

sorry mate and remember shes of german decent

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Assent

 

she is a figurehead she doesent rule anything ,the parliaments or legislature of all those countries you mention above do the ruling .on paper she does in reality she is no more than a symbol so nothing to get het up about.

 

the first lizzie was a real queen and i dont mean a chap standing like a teapot wearing white shoes

Edited August 17, 2007 by chesters1

[Leon Roskilly]

She has the power to kick out laws but its purely tradition as far as i know she's never used it so the Queen is distant to parliament and lawmaking and the running of the country!

 

It's not the powers that the Monarch has that are important, it's the powers that the constitutional Monarchy denies to others that prevent the country ever becoming a real dictatorship.

 

i.e members of the army, judiciary etc do not swear allegiance to 'The State' or to Thatcher, Tony Blair etc, but to the Monarch.

 

Any wannabee dictator has to deal with the fact that in a real crunch, the population could swarm to the defence of the Monarchy, and the wannabee could possibly lose his/her head if it all goes pear-shaped.

Edited August 17, 2007 by Leon Roskilly

[gozzer]

It's not the powers that the Monarch has that are important, it's the powers that the constitutional Monarchy denies to others that prevent the country ever becoming a real dictatorship.

 

i.e members of the army, judiciary etc do not swear allegiance to 'The State' or to Thatcher, Tony Blair etc, but to the Monarch.

 

Any wannabee dictator has to deal with the fact that in a real crunch, the population could swarm to the defence of the Monarchy, and the wannabee could possibly lose his/her head if it all goes pear-shaped.

 

But we've just had two wannabee dictators Leon, Thatcher and Blair, and they didn't even get an ASBO.

 

John.

[corydoras]

sorry mate and remember shes of german decent

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Assent

 

she is a figurehead she doesent rule anything ,the parliaments or legislature of all those countries you mention above do the ruling .on paper she does in reality she is no more than a symbol so nothing to get het up about.

 

the first lizzie was a real queen and i dont mean a chap standing like a teapot wearing white shoes

Absolutely true, I did not say she had any powers. A Head of State need does not need to wield political power.

 

Queen Beatrix is the Head of State of the Netherlands, but wields no political power,

Queen MARGRETHE II is the Head of State od Denmark, but ields no political power

 

I also posted earlier that I was neutral about the Monarch, I am neither for nor against, truth be known I have a soft spot for the Queen, she was real hot tottie when she was young, but not as pretty as her sister.

Edited August 18, 2007 by corydoras

[chesters1]

It's not the powers that the Monarch has that are important, it's the powers that the constitutional Monarchy denies to others that prevent the country ever becoming a real dictatorship.

i.e members of the army, judiciary etc do not swear allegiance to 'The State' or to Thatcher, Tony Blair etc, but to the Monarch.

 

Any wannabee dictator has to deal with the fact that in a real crunch, the population could swarm to the defence of the Monarchy, and the wannabee could possibly lose his/her head if it all goes pear-shaped.

 

i think swearing to the monarchy is far better than swearing to a politico ,they maybe have to repeat it every four years if its the prime minister ,we havent a state so pointless swearing to that so the monarchy is the safest bet politico's come and go but the monarch usually is a lifetime employee (charlie 1 asside)