[thechat] King Preaches Abstinence to Parading Maidens

William Anderson neuro at well.com
Fri Sep 13 09:58:01 CDT 2002


Ron White wrote:
>
> [uk monarchy snippage]
>
> Uh, besides which the king/queen of England/UK has ABSOLUTELY no power
> regarding the government. While they are considered the head of
> state, they can't issue decrees like in the old days... The UK is a
> parliamentary form of government, the Prime Minister has the power
> and is answerable to the people... While whatever Middle Eastern
> dictatorship Syed lives in doesn't answer at all to the people...

Actually, the Queen has to sign off on any bill passed through Parliament,
and has the power to veto such bills, similar to the veto powers of POTUS,
although in practice she doesn't veto things very often.

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