for dummies - british politics & the monarchy
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Mixing withthe MonarchyTHE MAIN POWERS OF THE MONARCH
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The monarchy has been of crucialimportance in British history,and while its power has beenreduced, modern monarchs still have their role to play in British life and politics.
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Opening andDissolving ParliamentThe monarch opens the Parliamentceremony with a speech outlining
the upcoming session.
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While public business may notoccur before the speech is read by the monarch, the monarch does not actually write the speech; the government does.
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Appointing thePrime Minister
As head of the UK government,the prime minister is responsible forgovernment policies and appointing other members of the government.
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The power to appoint the primeminister sounds great, but it’s aconstitutional convention that the monarch must appoint theleader of the biggest party inthe House of Commons.
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Giving Consent to Bills Passed By Parliament
Without this consent a billcan’t become law.
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Under a convention of the UK’sunwritten constitution, themonarch must always take theadvice of their ministers—that is, the elected government.
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Appointing Bishops and Members of the
House of LordsMembers of the House of Lordshear bills that are introduced tothe upper house of Parliament.
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The power to appoint membersof the House of Lords iscurtailed by the fact that themonarch only does so inaccordance with the adviceof the prime minister.
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The monarch appearsto have a lot of power,but in reality it’s largely ceremonial.
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Want to learn more about how the Governmentand Monarch work together in British Politics?
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