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Queen Elizabeth approves law seeking to block October 31 no-deal Brexit
Reuters ^
| Sept. 9, 2019
| William James
Posted on 09/09/2019 8:51:24 AM PDT by Lurking Libertarian
LONDON (Reuters) - Britains Queen Elizabeth on Monday gave final approval to a piece of legislation which seeks to prevent Prime Minister Boris Johnson from taking the country out of the European Union without an exit deal on Oct. 31.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: borisjohnson; brexit; brexitparty; europeanunion; nato; nigelfarage; queenelizabeth; queenelizabethii; unitedkingdom
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There was some talk here on FR that Boris Johnson could delay presenting the bill to the Queen or could advise her to veto it. It looks like things don't work that way in the U.K.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Well then. Her Majesty’s a pretty nice girl after all, ain’t she?
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posted on
09/09/2019 8:52:56 AM PDT
by
Windflier
(Torches and pitchforks ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
To: Windflier
I'd like to tell her that I love her a lot...but I've gotta get a belly full of wine.
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posted on
09/09/2019 8:55:34 AM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
To: Lurking Libertarian
I was hoping that Boris would convince her not to sign it.
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posted on
09/09/2019 8:55:51 AM PDT
by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: Lurking Libertarian
This is sad.
Is there no spine left in the UK?
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posted on
09/09/2019 8:56:17 AM PDT
by
marktwain
(President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
To: Windflier
..Her Majestys a pretty nice girl after all, aint she? Well, that's an invitation!!
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she doesn't have a lot to say
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
But she changes from day to day
I want to tell her that I love her a lot
But I gotta get a bellyful of wine
Her Majesty's a pretty nice girl
Someday I'm going to make her mine, oh yeah
Someday I'm going to make her mine
Beatles Abbey Road
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posted on
09/09/2019 8:57:39 AM PDT
by
SGCOS
To: Lurking Libertarian
OK - so Boris is required, by law, to request an extension from the EU, many of which are on record as being disinclined, such an extension. Boris is not required by law to deliver an extension which is beyond his control.
Seems it takes only one country to veto the extension request to make it null and void. Surely Boris could easily get Italy or Poland to say no. That would mean 31 October is the date of Brexit.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Perhaps her majesty is more than a little concerned that a hard no deal Brexit would trigger Ulster and the Scots into leaving the United Kingdom.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:03:07 AM PDT
by
buckalfa
(The best two years of my life were spent in the third grade.)
To: Lurking Libertarian
Boy! The Brits really did marry a crazy stripper, didnt they.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:03:56 AM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Lurking Libertarian
So, Boris is either going to betray Brexit, or he’s going to break the law and set a terrible precedent for the future. What an idiot. I thought he’d have used the Royal Prerogative to block the bill. Guess I’ll be voting Brexit Party when the election finally does happen.
To: Lurking Libertarian
Queen Elizabeth has passed, and someone else is conducting business. That is the rumor going through intelligence circles in the West.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:10:32 AM PDT
by
Glad2bnuts
(“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer)
To: GreyFriar
Thatd be a first for this monarch. Every piece of evil legislation out of Labour, Red Tories ad nauseam has gotten her assent.
There are some who insist that any refusal of assent out of the monarch would precipitate a constitutional crisis in the UK. Those people turn out to have very leftist leanings, from what I have observed.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:10:44 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: rigelkentaurus
There were many here who thought QE would not do this, sadly they were wrong. The remainers win again. I think the only way Brexit happens is to give the them their second vote and when Brexit wins by an even bigger margin they could not stop it. Terrible precedent and risky because of probable cheating but thats how it looks to me.
To: sinsofsolarempirefan
When was the last time a monarch refused assent of anything out of Parliament, no matter how evil?
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:11:36 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: Olog-hai
When was the last time a monarch refused assent of anything out of Parliament, no matter how evil?I think it was 1701.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:13:56 AM PDT
by
AU72
To: rigelkentaurus
I've seen a few headlines claiming France has already said it would reject any further delay on Brexit.
France threatens to veto further Brexit extension
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:15:00 AM PDT
by
jmclemore
(Go Trump)
To: gibsonguy
>>I think the only way Brexit happens is to give the them their second vote and when Brexit wins by an even bigger margin they could not stop it.
If the Remainers refused to accept the results of the last vote, why would they obey the results of a second?
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:15:22 AM PDT
by
vikingd00d
(chown -R us ~you/base)
To: Olog-hai
Supposedly, the last time a British monarch refused to sign legislation was in 1708.
So her signing is pretty much a formality.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:16:33 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: gibsonguy
have found predictions on this forum to be wrong , even those speaking authoritatively and with good historical knowledge on U.K. politics
Just shows how fluid and unpredictable Brexit is
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:17:58 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: glorgau
If a monarch does not exercise reserve powers (especially when it absolutely needs to be done), and if the Parliament does not respect that monarch’s decision when that happens, those are not reserve powers.
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posted on
09/09/2019 9:18:26 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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