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Related: About this forumQueen says 'F*ck this shit' and re-establishes absolute monarchy
Political commentators say that it is unusual for the Queen, who normally takes a rigorously neutral political role, to make such a statement and are decoding what she might have meant when she drove at high speed to Westminster, stormed the House of Commons, grabbed the ceremonial mace and ordered all MPs to be taken to the Tower of London by the Household Cavalry.
Although the government is technically Her Majestys, all power resides in elected members of parliament and the last monarch to do anything other than be a ceremonial figurehead, rubber-stamping parliaments laws, was Queen Anne in 1707, which makes the current intervention an unusual action from a monarch more used to limiting her political statements to a particular colour of hat.
The Queen was last seen tearing up the Magna Carta and giving herself the divine right to rule on the grounds that she wasnt a fucking twat who couldnt organise a fucking traffic jam on a fucking motorway.
Although the government is technically Her Majestys, all power resides in elected members of parliament and the last monarch to do anything other than be a ceremonial figurehead, rubber-stamping parliaments laws, was Queen Anne in 1707, which makes the current intervention an unusual action from a monarch more used to limiting her political statements to a particular colour of hat.
The Queen was last seen tearing up the Magna Carta and giving herself the divine right to rule on the grounds that she wasnt a fucking twat who couldnt organise a fucking traffic jam on a fucking motorway.
https://newsthump.com/2019/01/28/queen-says-fck-this-shit-and-re-establishes-absolute-monarchy/
It has got so bad I almost wish she would
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Queen says 'F*ck this shit' and re-establishes absolute monarchy (Original Post)
Soph0571
Jan 2019
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Anyone watching "Victoria" on PBS? I sort of wish we had her pounding down on corrupt
hlthe2b
Jan 2019
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The UK and the USA are BOTH in a shambles thanks to a certain dumb segment
democratisphere
Jan 2019
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hlthe2b
(113,216 posts)1. Anyone watching "Victoria" on PBS? I sort of wish we had her pounding down on corrupt
PMs... To the extent that show is "real", it seems she maintained some control when things veered to extremes.
Of course, maybe that was all BS, but I surely wish SOMEONE would step in. That Brexit passed is appalling enough, but now... Absolutely appalling to see.
democratisphere
(17,235 posts)2. The UK and the USA are BOTH in a shambles thanks to a certain dumb segment
of the voting population. No on to blame but a delusional component of ourselves.
