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Elon Musk urges King Charles to dissolve Parliament—What can UK monarch do? (www.newsweek.com)

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Elon Musk has called on King Charles III to dissolve the UK Parliament, citing past controversies involving Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Rotherham Scandal.

Musk accused Starmer of inaction during his tenure as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and urged a new general election, drawing backlash for spreading misinformation.

Critics argue that the monarchy lacks the unilateral power to dissolve Parliament under the 2022 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act.

Musk’s growing political involvement globally, including support for right-wing parties, has sparked calls for regulation against foreign interference.

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[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago

What can the King do?

Ignore it entirely?

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago

Here’s something kinda cool about the Monarchy. The king can just decide that Musk’s interference is illegal and shut down Xitter in the UK would be kinda funny.

I’m not a fan of that approach, but at the same time you don’t ask cancer to leave your body, you cut that shit out!

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

The king has no real power. Real power lies with the prime minister since previous kings with the same name and the Glorious Revolution. He's a figurehead.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Here’s an interesting (although old) video

Could the Queen Get Away with Murder Legally? (youtube.com)

[-] davidagain@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The word "theoretically" is doing a lot of lifting in that video. He said that the Queen is in important political figure, but that's incorrect. The monarchy in the UK survives by being apolitical and they all know that the day they start meddling in politics is the day when the royal family loses its one remaining role in the UK - ceremony. Their long standing popularity comes from the pomp and circumstance, and if they get mixed up in politics, they'll become deeply unpopular, just like everyone else who tells the British people what to do does in the end.

All the real power went in the civil war and the glorious revolution. Parliament decides who is the monarch. If the king went rogue, he'd be gone before you can say "that's not what we were looking for in the role of ceremonial figurehead."

"The Crown" actually includes, quite as a matter of law, the government and specifically the prime minister.

So all the stuff about signing laws isn't real power. It's not about whether it becomes law, it's about when it becomes law.

The King is The Sovereign, but he is not sovereign, Parliament is sovereign.

He embodies British power, but he doesn't wield it.

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Obligatory Jay Foreman video that explains exactly what would happen if the Monarch would use their power.

[-] valkyre09@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Fascinating. I learned something new today! Thank you for taking the time to share :)

[-] towerful@programming.dev 9 points 3 days ago

I hope he suggests musk seeks professional medical mental health.
Musk is not in a healthy position. Someone needs to reach out to him, so he gets help

[-] ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

I wouldn't be surprised if he had long Covid clouding his brain, he started going loony not long after the first big covid wave in the US...

Used to be-

An introvert
Kept his opinions largely to himself outside some occasional jabs (ie. 'The trampoline is working!')
Intelligent
Supported universal health, free university and UBI

Post 2021 -

Very opinionated, but mostly not his opinions- those of other people.
Extroverted to a high level, constantly talking.
Dumb
No longer supports any of the left ideals he used to, now it's all full extreme-right.

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