Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by rorylawless 482 days ago
I don’t understand this. The monarchy hasn’t had influence over parliament and the government for over 300 years. You may be able to point to attempts at doing so (eg the Black Spider letter), however, parliament is fully sovereign.
2 comments
ta1243 482 days ago
The monarchy does have influence [0], but no more than Liz did

[0] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/27/queen-secret...

link
DarkmSparks 482 days ago
Kier Starmer is (pretty much) to the UK what JD Vance is to the US.

Appointed by the head of state. Meets the head of state regularly to be told what to do (wednesdays iirc).

Think about what it has taken for you to say what you just said despite those facts.

We are also talking about what is still the richest, most most powerful family on the planet. You think Elon musk is rich for owning Tesla and Twitter, these guys still own for example, England, Wales, Canada and Australia.

link
a_dabbler 481 days ago
To say the British monarchy "owns" Canada and Australia is comical
link
DarkmSparks 480 days ago
comically true.

its called crown land

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_land

link