How Many Armies does the Queen have?

So.

Are you going to buy the book then ?

Lets assume that despite:

Presiding over several governments around the world

Being the Commander in Chief of several armed forces around the world

Presiding over many of the worlds least transparent financial centres

Receiving a very healthy slice of funds collected via taxation

etc etc for over 60 years

the Queen is devoid of any effective power…

What then, is the point of the Monarchy in real terms?

(and don’t give me that tourist bumpf, as France is the world’s #1 tourist destination and we know how they deal with Monarchs)

So.

Are you going to buy the book then ?

Tell you what, rather than buying the book, how about crankboy gets one of his mates to do a Q&A session on here and we can get to the bottom of the convoluted lunacy of the constitution and what’s more, the reality surrounding it…

^Basically what that demonstrates is that once again, the paradox of our constitution limitations of JHJ understanding is coming into play…

TBH after the last self pwn I think its all an act for the giggles

Aside from the debatable case of the Whitlam coup, there is a number of notable recent cases of high ranking members of government apparently choosing to leave of their own will, though what has gone on behind closed doors we can only guess.NO I CANNOT THINK OF ANY BUT THAT LITTLE FACT WONT ALTER MY OPINION SO LET ME RAMBLE ON ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE

Tell you what, rather than buying the book, how about crankboy gets one of his mates to do a Q&A session on here

yes, that’s exactly what published writers want to do.

Help people to avoid buying their books (even though that person claims to have a direct interest in the subject)

And waste their time trying to polish a turd on the Internet.

I bet they will be queuing down the road waiting for their turn 🙄

Damn I typed a long post setting out what is at the bottom of the constitution but it vanished in posting . so in short the answer is brute force and in the modern world it is the executive that control that not the Queen.

What then, is the point of the Monarchy in real terms?

The Queen represents the State: The continuing political entity we live in known as the UK. This is what you don’t seem to be willing to get your head around. You can’t easily have the Government of the day doing this because governments change. The idea is that public servants, armed forces personnel etc etc owe their duty to the State, not the Government. Ironically, given all the crap you come out with, this is designed so that the business of the State is kept separately from the policies of the Government of the day. Ask yourself why countries like Germany, Ireland etc have a President who is separate from the Chancellor, PM or whatever. That is what the Queen does. It isn’t difficult to understand or particularly complex as you keep implying. It isn’t a paradox, it isn’t a mess, it is a way defining the continuing organs of political activity as distinct from daily politics. This is why it is said that the Queen is ‘above politics’ If you don’t understand that nobody on here is going to be able to help you make sense of what you seem to think is inexplicable.

Though glory might be pushing it a bit

You mean the ones whose PMs don’t even get to meet Liz every year, let alone every week?

The Queen represents the State

Couldn’t we just have a mascot like a rubber duck or an old English Sheepdog?

Might be a safer bet to avoid getting embroiled in scandals with paedophiles and whatnot…

You mean the ones whose PMs don’t even get to meet Liz every year, let alone every week?

Aye, them ones…

Modern communications these days are wonderful though eh?

Arguing with strangers on the internet is exceptionally accessible in this day of age, I wonder if conference calls between heads of state are similarly straightforward 😀

Why are you making such a big thing of the one who does meet here every week then? For all you know they might all be taking weekly phone calls from Jorge telling them what to do.

I wonder if conference calls between heads of state are similarly straightforward

Well I suppose Liz could call herself up – or are you even managing to confuse yourself now?

I would vote for you as the nations mascot and controlling the vast empire will mean you have no time left for the frivolities of the Internet and paedophiles will no longer exist

Win win.

My belief system is not based on you, no real surprise there, it is based on critical evaluation of evidence and data in order to reach reasoned conclusions. Now the reason I don’t think you and i will find common ground is that all of the links you provide as ‘evidence’ do not stand up to critical scrutiny.

I will not repeat the deconstruction of your arguments that other forum users have so eloquently provided, suffice to say, your inability to critically evaluate evidence is what makes me reach the fairly reasoned conclusion that your conspiracy theories are acting in the same way for you (please note the subtle idea here), that religion does for many people. Just to make it clear, I am not suggesting you have a belief in a god, but you are trying to find underlying structure where there is most likely just a chaotic system!

Now if you follow your usual pattern, you will either try to belittle my intelligence, or you will attempt to use this same argument, but replacing my name as the focus rather than yourself. Would it be easier if we both assumed you have done that, so I don’t have to bother reading a fairly tiresome response and you don’t have to waste time trying to craft a response with complex words that say nothing?

Might be a safer bet to avoid getting embroiled in scandals with paedophiles and whatnot…

What would be “central to the control structures” then though ?

Won’t somebody think of the Control Structures !!!!

Yet another example of you not thinking things through properly.

What, you reckon the rubber ducks and old english sheep dogs are part of the control structure too?

rubber ducks? Is that the unsinkable rubber ducks?

I’m having a Chinese takeaway.

Makes you think, doesn’t it……

Hmm… Sweet AND Sour

Paradox!!

@aracer

Hang on, that’s only one. Surely this is a paradox?

Pff, keep up scotroutes~if Junky is right and WE the people hold the true power…

(but in that case, which ducks are MI5 and who do they work for?)

Whoosh!

@scotroutes

I liked yours scotroutes
disappointed the “unsinkable rubber ducks ” missed.

Nice self-parody, jhj.

Hey! I can joke about it too! I can also keep asking the same question ad neauseum whilst ignoring all previous answers! Wow! Look at me…

Dat Ass!!

Edinburgh defence anyone?

I don’t understand why we’re posting pictures of rubber ducks, but here is a picture of a Brittanic rubber duck, ruling the waves

Back OT I think its a landing craft and she is invading somewhere

Talking of the Edinburgh Defence, I once stopped 2 Neds from mugging a bloke in the spot middle left on this picture, he ran away, then I had to deal with them both myself… one of them twatted me in the face, then regretted it.

Anyhoo, why is Holyrood Palace right next to the Scottish Parliament?

And why just after the Queen said she wasn’t going to get involved in the independence debate, she did anyhoo

So then you live[d] in edinburgh..who could have guessed…not me anyway

Any specialist knowledge on bearings then as we all used to know a fella JUST LIKE YOU

Is that the delicious aroma of a Junky conspiracy theory I smell baking?

😀

No, just you farting about, as usual.

Its only a conspiracy if there is more than one person involved so I think that is somewhat unlikely.

So either you are being deceitful and you have previously been banned from here or its just a coincidence you have views like him and live[d] where he did.

Anyhoo, why is Holyrood Palace right next to the Scottish Parliament?

Why is the moon orbiting the earth?
Why are old cities built on rivers?
Why do people fall in love?

You’ll have to ponder that one…

Has the postman ever given me eye surgery on the cheap?

What are the variables that dictate whether a sealed or shielded bearing is better for the application?

Who is Commander in Chief of the Rubber Duck Empire?

Why does a duck?

Why are anthills in the woods in Wales?
Why does the wind blow when trees are shaking about?
Why oh why do a lot of right-handed men have larger muscles in their right arms?
Why do the tides affect ships trying to get into harbour?

Why? Why? Why?

Why does a duck?

Because it doesnt give a duck?

So we’ve already mentioned Prince Charles’ Black Spider Memos and the Crown/Her Majesty’s Government’s continued blocking of their publication as the attorney general has said releasing the letters would undermine the principle of the heir being neutral.

The Supreme Court is to publicize it’s verdict next week

What strikes me is this (from link above):

For 10 years, the government, with the support of Charles, has been resisting a freedom of information request by the Guardian to see the letters sent by the prince to ministers in which he sought to change policies.

If Her Majesty’s Government has been resisting the FOI request for 10 years, that would mean that there has been 3 Prime Ministers in that time and 2 elected administrations in the House of Commons (though it is arguable whether the current coalition was elected by the populace)

How much influence does the House of Commons have on Her Majesty’s Government as a whole and how many departments remain unaccountable to the public?