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Considering what happen in Australia I believe during the 1970s when the Royal-Governor intervened how that fed republican feeling I doubt the Queen given she is pretty sharp will repeat that mistake.
More importantly.. do we care? We’ve got enought to worry about here.
There’s always a clear winner, some parties might need to rejigger their alliances, but there will be a clear winner.
Good summary.
When I saw the headline I was thinking I’d have to leap into the discussion to explain British Constitutional law and convention. I’ve had to do it before. But you’ve made it clear yourself.
I can see the Queen having to get a little bit more involved than normal in certain scenarios, perhaps to the extent of having to remind certain leaders that they are obliged to at least try to form a coalition before saying they can not do so, but none of the major leaders would force a situation where she had to do more than that. They’d avoid it at all costs.
The first Queen Elizabeth was hands on and did a pretty good job, actually.
There has been multiple elections during the same year in modern history: 1886 and 1974.
Give it to Charles.
Constitutionally, she has the power. It is highly doubtful, given today’s political climate, that she would take such a drastic step.
If she does I wonder if we can get that British Navy to take our POTUS for a little ride...
The Manchester Guardian really transparently hates the monarchy, don’t they? Of course they’ll print garbage that tries to undermine her position, just like they post lie after lie about Israel that they have had to retract now and again.
the queen can barely control her bladder much less the election.... besides they are a tourist attraction vestage like an appendix.... useless at the very best and should be removed when acting up.......a proud tradition of drug dealing and now climate changers still diddling with the colonies via the likes of soros and other scumbags...... why dont they just fade into oblivion...... USELESS POMP AND BAD TEETH....... THE STENCH CROSSES THE ATLANTIC
We may be in for a surprise, just like when the Conservatives won in 1992 against the polls.
The first exit poll shows Tories (Cons) increasing their share of constituencies from 302 to 316 (323 needed for absolute majority).
Labour makes exceptionally bad election with 239 down from 256.
Scottish National Party up to 56
But note that Labour + SNP is still far behind the Conservatives.
This was the Ipsos MORI/GfK NOP exit poll - and we know how bad exit polls can be, so a long night to folllow....
Doesn’t sound like this is going to be an issue
Henry VIII and Bloody Elizabeth aside, the monarchy definitely lost its legitimacy in the 20th Century, as the Queen did nothing as England legalized abortion and opened England to a barbarian horde (Muslims) that is almost completely in charge.
No monarch who has sat on the throne of any country as it committed suicide should hold her head up.
A second exit poll by YouGov has it much tighter but still with the Conservatives in the lead:
Cons 284 (-18)
Lab 263 (+7)
Liberals 31 (-25)
SNP 48 (+42)
UKIP 2 (+2)
In this poll Lab + SNP is definitely larger than Conserrvatives, but well below a clear majority (323).