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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I just have to pick a nit here. 
The Prime Minister can ask the Queen to dissolve Parliament and call for new elections whenever he wants to. But it's the Queen, not the PM, who can actually dissolve Parliament. |
Either way, it's still weird. Crazy Brits! Perhaps they should actually write up one of these here constitutions so they can keep things straight!
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
I new what you meant.
The Privy Council does have some power, but I'll have to read up on the Lord President. |
I caught MysticCat in a typo!
In truth, I follow the stories but my brain just glosses over the details when it comes to UK politics. Mostly I just know I'd like to have Question Time here, heckling and all. I used to watch Blair do that on C-SPAN all the time.
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