acargitz@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWestminster coming to an end, say Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish leadersbbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up142arrow-down12
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minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoYep, as soon as the queen was seen actively stepping into crush good laws, it became obvious the system couldn’t be left to stand. The days of monarchy need to die everywhere. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/27/queen-secret-influence-laws-revealed-scottish-government-memo We know she’s stepped in to alter or block 67 Scottish laws, as King Charles has likely done since. That’s not a democracy then. That’s a Monarchy with extra steps.
minus-squarems.lane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoShe had Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam removed from power at the behest of the USA. Let them eat cake.
Yep, as soon as the queen was seen actively stepping into crush good laws, it became obvious the system couldn’t be left to stand.
The days of monarchy need to die everywhere.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/27/queen-secret-influence-laws-revealed-scottish-government-memo
We know she’s stepped in to alter or block 67 Scottish laws, as King Charles has likely done since. That’s not a democracy then. That’s a Monarchy with extra steps.
She had Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam removed from power at the behest of the USA.
Let them eat cake.