•  Nighed   ( @Nighed@sffa.community ) 
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    210 months ago

    The UK is a democracy. Some may argue about how good of one it is, but it is one.

    The whole monarchy being technically all powerful is really a break glass in case of emergency thing. They can intervene once, then we would be a republic. (See 1975 dissolution of the Australian government by the crown)

    •  tardigrada   ( @tardigrada@beehaw.org ) OP
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      110 months ago

      Well, I agree to some point. You know certainly more about the UK than I do (I’m not British), and you’ll also know about ‘royal interventions’ like this or that.

      But I’d say this kind of lobbying is a reality in other European democracies, too, even without a royal family. There are just other interest groups trying to influence laws.