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To: Buckeye McFrog
Once the current Queen passes on the monarchy is on borrowed time.

If I'm a Brit, I would dismantle Constitutional Monarchy after the Queen. No purpose to have it in 21st Century.

159 posted on 01/12/2020 12:21:51 AM PST by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican
No purpose to have it in 21st Century.

It provides a very significant check on the power of the legislature going too far - no, of course, nobody would design this system in the modern day - but it has developed over centuries to create a very stable system of government and simply removing it would create a potential for a Prime Minister to act like a tyrant.

This is one reason why it has persisted - to adequately replace it, you'd need to devise a completely new set of checks and balances, and would you trust current politicians to do that?

160 posted on 01/12/2020 12:31:14 AM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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