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Jim Lane

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6. Thanks for the details! One follow-up question...

Reply to Denzil_DC (Reply #4)

Fri Sep 15, 2017, 09:25 AM

Sep 2017

With a bill so outlandish, is there any possibility that the Queen would withhold the Royal Assent? I know that's an extraordinary step but this seems to be an extraordinary situation.

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Theresa May Takes Her Darkest, Most Desperate Turn Yet [View all] Denzil_DC Sep 2017 OP

Please tell me I'm not reading this correctly. Did they actually pass this terrible Bill? hedda_foil Sep 2017 #1

Yep. T_i_B Sep 2017 #2

It's not passed yet, but it's proceeding through the stages muriel_volestrangler Sep 2017 #3

As Muriel says, it's not passed yet. Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #4

Horrible. Is there such a thing as a royal veto? Might the queen save democracy? hedda_foil Sep 2017 #5

Well, yes, there is. Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #7

Thanks for the details! One follow-up question... Jim Lane Sep 2017 #6

Hi, Jim. See my reply above! n/t Denzil_DC Sep 2017 #8