Exactly the Royals hold a lot of power, especially in the House of Lords. America has Congress and Senate. Each of them being people that are voted in.
But n Britain our Senate (Lords) were all selected by the Monarch, so when a law is passed from Parliament to Lords (congress to senate) to get passed as a law it goes into the Monarchs 'Yes' men jurisdiction.
Meaning the monarch still has somewhat absolute control. If a Lord does not do what he wants he can simply remove them.
There are certainly constraints upon what the Monarch can do. You say, "he can simply remove them" but in practice, is this true? Without any repercussions? Without objections? Any consequences? I don't think so.
There definitely be push back, but what has the last few years taught us other than people complaining doesn't change a thing.
Remember Britain was an empire, we might of gave the countries back but we haven't changed a thing in regards to structure of our government and monarchy. It's still the same as it was then.
It's just the monarchy had a change of conscience and believe in 'political neutrality'.
Exactly the Royals hold a lot of power, especially in the House of Lords. America has Congress and Senate. Each of them being people that are voted in.
But n Britain our Senate (Lords) were all selected by the Monarch, so when a law is passed from Parliament to Lords (congress to senate) to get passed as a law it goes into the Monarchs 'Yes' men jurisdiction.
Meaning the monarch still has somewhat absolute control. If a Lord does not do what he wants he can simply remove them.
There are certainly constraints upon what the Monarch can do. You say, "he can simply remove them" but in practice, is this true? Without any repercussions? Without objections? Any consequences? I don't think so.
There definitely be push back, but what has the last few years taught us other than people complaining doesn't change a thing.
Remember Britain was an empire, we might of gave the countries back but we haven't changed a thing in regards to structure of our government and monarchy. It's still the same as it was then.
It's just the monarchy had a change of conscience and believe in 'political neutrality'.