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Eflecting on his time at No 10, the former Labour premier, James Callaghan, concluded that "the British constitution only works if the Prime Minister is extremely sparing in the way he uses the Sovereign's powers".
For many, it's news that the Queen has any powers at all, let alone powers which exceed those available to the President of the United States. It is, for instance, the Queen who dissolves Parliament, who commits British troops to battle, who raises revenue and who appoints ministers, prime ministers, and all new entrants to the House of Peers.See the full content of this document
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Betrayed Over Treaty by Blair
There is, however, a catch: all these powers are exercised solely on the advice of the prime minister of the day. Theoretically, the PM is answerable to the Cabinet and ultimately to Parliament, but with a dec...
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