Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for over five decades. The ''Head of state'' of the UK is the Queen, the chief of armed forces of the UK is the queen.These facts raises the question, is the UK a democracy?If the queen has reigned for over 50yrs, what moral right does she, the chief of armed forces of the UK, have to remove a 40yr ''dictator'' of another country in the name of democracy?I dont get it.I know there are knowledgeable people in the house who can give meaningful answers. please help.

They'll tell you that the queen is a ceremonial head of state and has no executive powers like Ghadaffi. The prime minister is the head of the government. But correct me if I'm wrong, the queen has the power to remove the prime minister, right?

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The Queen can only sack her own staff.

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The Queen is the titular Head of state, while the Prime Minister is the true Head of State. The Queens position is purely ceremonial, she takes no part in law making which is the function of Parliament.

she is the chief of armed forces of the uk which means she authorised the british army to be part of the NATO assault on libya.i think this hipocrisy at its peak

the queen is only interested in collecting your hard earned wages in form of tax[b] owo iya charlie[/b]

diplomatic madness

u don ever hear say uk dey do elections for president or house of reps?

poster
I think u are right,

@narttis1

Her 'command' of the armed forces is only ceremonial, just as her role of the Head of State is. There is no hypocrisy involved here. As Beaf says the Prime Minister has all the power, including that of NATO involvement.

the queen does nothing. absolutely nothing with regards to policy. even the queen's speech which is read at the opening of the parliamentary year is written by the prime minister. she just reads it.
her other duty is to sign whatever law parliament passes. she cant even veto them. in theory she can veto, but in practice she never does(actually she cant).

so the english royal family ist just there for show. and the show is enjoyable sha. tuorists come from all over the world to see them, as we saw at the last royal wedding

When france was fighting against monarchies and hegemony in europe and canvassing for human rights and democracy,was it not same britain that sabotaged the Napoleonic war ? Y'all need to go back to history,Britain is not democratic but a constitutional monarchy !

narttis1:

Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for over five decades. The ''Head of state'' of the UK is the Queen, the chief of armed forces of the UK is the queen.These facts raises the question, is the UK a democracy?If the queen has reigned for over 50yrs, what moral right does she, the chief of armed forces of the UK, have to remove a 40yr ''dictator'' of another country in the name of democracy?I dont get it.I know there are knowledgeable people in the house who can give meaningful answers. please help.

poor you

for minute least forget about the queen

do UK hold elections for MPs and Prime minister ? yes they do thats democracy for you no one is killed or harassed for supporting the opposition

howmany prime minister have been there seen the queen came to the thrown where they hand picked by queen ? no elections were held and the people voted for them

the MPs are voted by the public are the ones who changes laws etc the queen has no right to change/making of the law

pliz dont show your igorance reseach if you are not sure of how the system of a certain country works

Someone raised a very important point which got me thinking.

Presently, the longest serving MP is Peter Tapsell. He has been in parliament continuosly since 1966 plus an earlier 2 year stint from 1962 to 1964. Thats a total of 47 years. This is longer than Gaddafi had been in power. Is this really democratic?

norrisman:

Someone raised a very important point which got me thinking.

Presently, the longest serving MP is Peter Tapsell. He has been in parliament continuosly since 1966 plus an earlier 2 year stint from 1962 to 1964. Thats a total of 47 years. This is longer than Gaddafi had been in power. Is this really democratic?

as long as they keep reelecting him, it's democracy. The youngest prime minister, William Pitt( the younger) ruled for over 27yrs.
As long as they are not rigging the election, it's democracy. Who elected gaddafi?