To: wolf78
“officially tender his resignation to the Queen, and recommend that Conservative leader David Cameron should succeed him”
Creepy and weird,,, why not just say to the queen here’s how the transition will be? Whats this “recommend” BS?
13 posted on
05/11/2010 11:56:47 AM PDT by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: DesertRhino
The Queen has to to formally ask Cameron to form a government.
14 posted on
05/11/2010 11:57:43 AM PDT by
C19fan
To: DesertRhino
Creepy and weird,,, why not just say to the queen here’s how the transition will be? Whats this “recommend” BS?
Because a British prime minister still is a loyal subject to the queen, and you cannot tell your monarch "and that's how it is". The king or queen always has the final word.
Of course the queen has to grapple with the facts, if she were to say: "Oh, let's go with the Monster Raving Loony Party (yes, it exists) for PM instead", Britain would soon be a republic. But even though the facts are facts, protocol is still protocol.
18 posted on
05/11/2010 12:03:09 PM PDT by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: DesertRhino
Why would he have power to do anything other than recommend?
You may be missing an important detail in this whole "resigned from office" thing.
Gordon Brown is no longer the head of Government, because he has resigned from office. He's stopped being the Prime Minister.
To: DesertRhino
Creepy and weird,,, why not just say to the queen here’s how the transition will be? Whats this “recommend” BS? The Queen is head of state, and there is a hung Parliament.
51 posted on
05/11/2010 12:51:07 PM PDT by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
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