US and UK Elections and the Queen

AmericanThinker.com ^ | May 14, 2021 | Oonagh McDonald CBE

[Kaslin]

References to the Queen noticing faults in the US elections of 2020 or of the need to reform US election procedures are misplaced. The Queen’s Speech announces the legislation programme the Government of the day sets out at the State Opening of Parliament. This is part of the colorful tradition of the opening of each new session of Parliament or the opening of the new Parliament after a general election. Neither the Queen nor her advisers write the speech or contribute any of the contents. That is entirely the responsibility of the Government of the day led by the Prime Minister and his or her Cabinet. No doubt the Queen sometimes reads the speech and does not agree with any or even all its contents.

This time, the Queen’s Speech included the Election Integrity Bill. This has in fact been the subject of considerable discussion following proposals from the Electoral Commission, an entirely independent and non-partisan commission, set up in 2001. It acts as an independent agency regulating party and election finance and sets the standards for the way in which elections should be run. It is also the enforcement agency for breaches of the law and electoral fraud. It conducts research and makes recommendations for changes in electoral law.

The Law Commission, another statutory independent body that keeps the laws of England and Wales under review, has also proposed changes to UK electoral law. All these proposals have been open to public consultation and scrutinized by parliamentary committees, as well as the Government, and will not become law without parliamentary approval.

The American media and the Guardian in the UK are critical of the proposals for voter ID.

[PGalt]

Take note. She’s a killer Queen...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZBtPf7FOoM

[ZULU]

Britain does not have DemocRats.

[centurion316]

Neither the Queen nor her advisers write the speech or contribute any of the contents. That is entirely the responsibility of the Government of the day led by the Prime Minister and his or her Cabinet. No doubt the Queen sometimes reads the speech and does not agree with any or even all its contents.

That's the way that we do it in the Biden Administration. He just reads what Kamala tells him to read. If he does a good job, he gets a reward. It makes it simple and the press are then given what lies they are to tell to the American people.

[GreenLanternCorps]

They have Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the SNP, Plaid Cymru...