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Originally posted by Rudey
What do you mean by the Queen?
-Rudey
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Technically it is in the power of Royal Prerogative to remove a Prime Minister (ie. forced to retire) from office and appoint a new one to govern until a new one is elected (either by party or general election). While convention and practice general prohibit this - the last PM summarilly booted was back in 1834 - it could conceivably happen either through back channels (during the weekly meetings between the Queen and PM + Cabinet) or openly by the Monarchy issueing a statement "disapproving" the continued leadership of the PM, which whould cause the PM's party to boot him and replace him.
Techninaclly these are some of the same political powers of Canada's Governor General (as the representative of the Queen), but they are rarely exercised - except in cases of political scandal and/or political instability.
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