Wednesday, 28 July 2021

MONARCHY QUEENS CONSENT SECRECY AND ROYAL ASSENT

There are many hidden ways in which the conventionally neutral, non-political monarchy actually impinges on and influences parliamentary democracy.

The Guardian has fought against attempts to suppress revelations on how they use 'queen"s consent' to preview all parliamentary bills and indicate anything they (the monarchy) wants changed.

One revelation, kept hidden after this was debated in the Scottish Parliament, is the exemption for green energy law (Gua
rdian
, July 2021). In July 2022 The Guardian published an extraordinary list of the 160+ laws with exemptions for the monarch.

This covers a range of animal welfare and environmental laws, the most basic discrimination laws, even the primary health and safety at work law, plus exemption from almost all forms of taxation on her private income.

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