Not even close to being true.
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Replying to @mtracey
The Queen can dissolve Parliament in advance of a general election. She cannot prevent Parliament from sitting.
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Replying to @BrentSirota
But that's only "required" of her by dint of constitutional custom, not any formal restraint on power.
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Replying to @mtracey
There is no written constitution. There's the triennial act of 1694, the septennial act of 1716, the Parliament acts of 1911 & 1949
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Replying to @BrentSirota
Right, and those acts collectively create a body of constitutional "custom."
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My understanding was that all statutory law exists with the implicit consent of the Queen, and she could withdraw it.
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What's the republican qualm with UK monarchy, if not this?
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The idea that any constitutional authority, however circumscribed, should be attached to a single family, I assume.
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OK. Appreciate the pushback.
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