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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Not Invented Here: [QB] [QUOTE]Originally posted by Sol System: [qb] The monarchy only exists by the good will of Parliament anyway. I am under the impression that a law dissolving it completely would be trivially easy to draft. (That is, from a technical/legal standpoint. I don't think even dedicated British monarchists argue for its retention with an appeal to law, do they? It's all tradition and cultural heritage stuff, or so it appears to my admittedly uninformed eye.) ((The British monarchs well remember the most interesting thing about King Charles I.)) [/qb][/QUOTE]The bizarre thing about this is that after Cromwell died, Parliament [i]invited[/i] the Monarchy back to take over the country. So while yes, the Monarchy only exists because of the good will of Parliament, and by extension, the people, we still asked it to be there in the first place. Perhaps no-one in Britain was quite ready for an elected head of state (Unlike the Venetians, who had a wicked-cool method of electing the Doge. And then essentially interning him in his palace so he couldn't do anything without getting permission from about 5 people first). So yes, I don't think the Queen could ever really use her power of veto without upsetting pretty much everyone. I just wish that Blair would sometimes remember that he too is only in his job through the 'will of the people' and the will of his own party, and that both have pretty much evaporated. Apologies to the Americans for semi-hijacking this thread to discuss British constitutional issues. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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