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Should The Queen Suspend Parliament?
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//The Queen is unelected.... so no//
'If she so chooses, the Queen could fire everyone in the House of Commons and hold a new election of entirely new members. She’s never used this power, but even if she did, it wouldn’t disrupt government activities as much as you might think. The capital-G Government itself, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet, would be unaffected. The last time a monarch dissolved Parliament was in 1830.'
She can also declare war on another country and your passport was given to you with her authority. She can also pardon and reduce the sentences of criminals, - and quite a few other things.
'If she so chooses, the Queen could fire everyone in the House of Commons and hold a new election of entirely new members. She’s never used this power, but even if she did, it wouldn’t disrupt government activities as much as you might think. The capital-G Government itself, including the Prime Minister and Cabinet, would be unaffected. The last time a monarch dissolved Parliament was in 1830.'
She can also declare war on another country and your passport was given to you with her authority. She can also pardon and reduce the sentences of criminals, - and quite a few other things.
I saw a very amusing and thought-provoking play by Mike Bartlett at Chichester Theatre a few years ago "King Charles III" which gave a view on this topic. The plot can be seen in the link below. But the delicious irony (IMHO) was that Charles was defending the freedom of the Press in spite of their many previous criticisms of him. His refusal to sign off a Bill led to public opinion forcing him to abdicate.
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The monarch has no power to suspend Parliament but arguably has the power to dissolve (or "prorogue" it). Since the UK has no written constitution whether the monarch has the authority to dissolve Parliament unilaterally is largely a matter of opinion and conjecture rather than fact.
The simplest way the monarch could frustrate Parliament is simply to refuse Royal Assent to any of its bills (which has not happened since seventeen hundred and odd). This would probably lead to the government resigning resulting in the same end.
Some historians believe that in certain extreme circumstances the monarch could dissolve Parliament single-handedly when it is felt that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors or when the wishes of the legislature are, or may be presumed to be, different from the wishes of the nation. Both of these are important constitutional power because it would prevent a government from, say, passing legislation to abolish elections.
The Fixed Term Parliament Act changed things slightly and removed the Prime Minister's privilege to call a general election on his or her own volition. But it specifically stated that the monarch's power to prorogue Parliament was unaffected, thus giving some credence to the argument that it can be achieved by the monarch alone.
This is all rather fantasy land anyway but demonstrates how ridiculous the situation has become. MPs should realise that the referendum should be respected. They should have spent the last two years working on plans to extract the UK from the EU that does so properly and should not have wasted time trying to invent ways that fool the people into believing they have left whilst leaving the country tied to most of the EU's principle institutions. Then there would be no talk of a "constitutional crisis".
The simplest way the monarch could frustrate Parliament is simply to refuse Royal Assent to any of its bills (which has not happened since seventeen hundred and odd). This would probably lead to the government resigning resulting in the same end.
Some historians believe that in certain extreme circumstances the monarch could dissolve Parliament single-handedly when it is felt that the opinion of the House is not the opinion of the electors or when the wishes of the legislature are, or may be presumed to be, different from the wishes of the nation. Both of these are important constitutional power because it would prevent a government from, say, passing legislation to abolish elections.
The Fixed Term Parliament Act changed things slightly and removed the Prime Minister's privilege to call a general election on his or her own volition. But it specifically stated that the monarch's power to prorogue Parliament was unaffected, thus giving some credence to the argument that it can be achieved by the monarch alone.
This is all rather fantasy land anyway but demonstrates how ridiculous the situation has become. MPs should realise that the referendum should be respected. They should have spent the last two years working on plans to extract the UK from the EU that does so properly and should not have wasted time trying to invent ways that fool the people into believing they have left whilst leaving the country tied to most of the EU's principle institutions. Then there would be no talk of a "constitutional crisis".
Canary, it's a film too: https:/
She could give the lot of them an eight to ten week suspension on half pay.
Give them a public addressing down and tell them to pull their socks up. If they don’t sort themselves out they will be fired and new MPs elected.
The country can cope for a couple of months with out parliament. After all they are just the public face of government. The people doing the actual work behind them do everything lol
Give them a public addressing down and tell them to pull their socks up. If they don’t sort themselves out they will be fired and new MPs elected.
The country can cope for a couple of months with out parliament. After all they are just the public face of government. The people doing the actual work behind them do everything lol
Perhaps Her Majesty should use the prorogue option and suspend Parliament. The clock still runs and we exit the EUSSR on the 29th March and everything reverts back to WTO rules. She could even use the lines used by Cromwell when he dismissed the corrupt Long Parliament.
“It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place… You who were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance.”
“It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place… You who were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed, are yourselves become the greatest grievance.”
Well...
With the latest opinion poll showing a 12% lead for Remain, and mindful of the fact that both Remain and Leave protesters seemed delighted with Parliament’s 432-202 the other day maybe that wouldn’t be such a “democratic” idea after all, much as you might think the idea of an unelected nonagenarian monarch closing down a democratic assembly would be of course :-)
With the latest opinion poll showing a 12% lead for Remain, and mindful of the fact that both Remain and Leave protesters seemed delighted with Parliament’s 432-202 the other day maybe that wouldn’t be such a “democratic” idea after all, much as you might think the idea of an unelected nonagenarian monarch closing down a democratic assembly would be of course :-)
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