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he Queen’s power to refuse to sign legislation is there in theory, but then again, since the 1688 Bill of Rights was concocted, monarchs only sit upon the throne by the permission of Parliament, so if the Queen tried to rule against the express will of Parliament, Parliament could declare her deposed and put someone else on the throne instead, or even abolish the monarchy entirely.

Well if Parliament ever gets around to doing all that, the U.K. will finally get to be a democracy!

At least in Britain, most members of the cabinet are elected public officials, last time I checked, the US President appoints people who are not members of any legislative body.

In the United States, cabinet members are nominated by the President and must be confirmed by the Senate. It is absurd to think that governmental department heads need to be elected to regional offices and serve simultaneously in completely different types of roles.

Not saying that there is anything wrong with this though, there is such a thing as too much democracy....

Then we can agree that it's a shame that the U.K. uses an antiquated hereditary monarchy instead of a democracy to chose its head-of-state and legislative authority!