Dissolve Parliament

[sandmaster]

The Queen is reported to have voiced her concern to GB that Parliament has been brought into disrepute and the electorate have lost all faith in the system. Is it time for her to do what most of us would have thought as unthinkable - dissolve this Parliament?

[nightmare]

a large acid bath leaps to mind....................

[Kromovaracun]

It would be good if we had a head of state that was capable of doing so (� la the German president)

As the monarchy stands, however, it would kick up a constitutional hornets' nest about the role of the monarch in contemporary British politics akin to the abdication crisis (which nearly brought the monarchy down.)

[sandmaster]

I sense a confirmation of what I think - it will not happen (but I wish there was a figurehead who could do it)

[BertiWooster]

No !!! - we dont need an unelected Monarchy entering into this area of our society .

Mr Cromwell put a stop to that sort of thing - and quite rightly so

[sandmaster]

Mr Cromwell also dissolved parliament at one time. Do we need another right wing fanatic to take the country by force?

[jake-the-peg]

Seems an excellent idea.

Just the excuse we need to disolve the monarchy in return!

By the way where did you here this tidbit of news?

Pretty easy for a devious newspaper to invent safe in the knowledge that Buck House does not confirm or deny such things

[Goofy]

The Queen can only advise and suggest.
GB will hang on to the last possible moment hoping for a miracle.

[vehelpfulguy]

>I doubt very much that it will because of the effect on
>our economy, which would be disastrous.

Yes, because it is so healthy at the moment isn't it !

Could it get worse?

[jake-the-peg]

Or you can look on it from the other perspective.

Cameron thinks this is the Governments lowest ebb and is desperate for a general election now.

While everybody is concentrating on MPs expenses they are forgetting that he has few if any credible policies on which to actually fight one.

Of course the Irony is that the world recession and publication of MP's expenses are beyond the control of any PM but would have badly damaged whoever was in the hot seat at the time.

If The Tories had won the last election we would be watching everybody call for Howard to resign over the same issues

[sandmaster]

Hi Jake- it was a news item earlier this week - I think it was the BBC on line news. They were reporting on the weekly meeting the Queen has with the PM. Of course this is confidential so the report is speculative. Elizabeth is very proper and will not act, but I wonder what would happen if Phillip was king?

[BertiWooster]

If Phillip was King , he would have to have someone walking behind him , scooping up his Faux Pas's

At least the Queen is the epitome of tactfulness .

[rov1200]

Now that the speaker has resigned work is already underway to select a new speaker. Deputy speaker Alan Haselhurst's name has been put forward. But only last week he was accused of fiddling the system by employing a gardener at his palacial house costing up to �12,000pa and using public funds for it.

The Queen must be under the impression all MPs are maggots from the same rotten apples.

[sandmaster]

You are right Bertie!! Absolutely.

[jake-the-peg]

I wonder what would happen if Phillip were king

Wow - what a thought - I feel another thread coming on

[sandmaster]

Go for it Jake - it should be very interesting