[wolf78]

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.

[Paladin2]

"..the Monster Raving Loony Party (yes, it exists) .."

Party down dude.

[DesertRhino]

The fact remains,,,England is not to be taken seriously as long as that type of government exists.

[AU72]

QE II knows what to do.

The wild card would King Charles.

[darkangel82]

“”Oh, let’s go with the Monster Raving Loony Party”

Labour?

[ccmay]

The queen, as the embodiment of the nation, lends her sovereignty to the government of the day as selected by the people. After that her only formal day to day power is to lend advice.

In extraordinary circumstances, however, she does have standing to take extraordinary steps such as dissolving Parliament and declaring a multiparty unity goverment in the case of a major war or constitutional crisis, pending new elections. All of this power depends on her conforming with a large majority of the popular will.

The last time a European constitutional monarch exercised such powers was in the mid 70s, when the newly crowned King Juan Carlos of Spain urged his subjects into the streets to preserve their democracy from a military coup. He is still vastly popular with the people for refusing to lend his prestige to the plotters.