Next hot take: if all else fails, the Queen must dissolve Parliament and reinstate absolute monarchy (as is her right)
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(Yes, even to this day, the Queen maintains royal prerogative and Parliament serves solely at her pleasure!)
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This is notwithstanding the vast body of constitutional checks that have arisen. Thus the centuries-old complaints of UK republicans.
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The queen is still the sovereign and all constitutional arrangements persist at her pleasure.
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She's not an absolute ruler because her power has been voluntarily ceded by convention. She could reclaim it.
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This is the point that UK republicans have made for years: she's still ultimately the sovereign.
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Thanks, I'm already familiar with the act.
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As sovereign, the Queen maintains royal prerogative.
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Monarch retains sovereignty. The tweet was slightly tongue-in-cheek but it does represent who formally wields power.
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I would not expect the Queen to ever wield royal prerogative in such a manner. But she theoretically has the power.
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if the ref was nonbinding, in what sense is ignoring it a failure of democratic legitimacy?
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Because it was the culmination of years of discussion, followed by formal campaign, in which it was presented as de facto "binding"
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yet you are against self-determination of Londoners
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No I'm not
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the referendum is not binding.. But would take a brave government to ignore it
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"Brave" would be one way to put it. Maybe "oblivious" or "arrogant"
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Elites attack social contract b/c it imposes obligation. Then Elites upset that people don't trust social contract.
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People forget the wisdom of 'democracy is the absolute worst form of government...except for all others'.
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