this doesn’t justify the contradiction in terms of disliking them for being undemocratic, but losing all respect for them because they refused to use their undemocratic veto
whether proroguing parliament was right or not - it wasn’t - it would absolutely have been worse if they had interfered. one is a temporary political tactic by an elected official to push through legislation - or lack thereof - the other would have completely and unreservedly undermined our democratic institutions as they have worked for over 200 years
I think you slightly misunderstand the role of the royals in this country. they are not consciously acting figures who take an active role in politics. they’re more like the chair that the speaker sits in, or some of the pretty furnishings in the houses of parliament. they’re an aesthetic and we put up with them for that reason and that reason only. you wouldn’t expect the paper that a law is written on to make sure the law itself is democratic and for the same reason you shouldn’t expect the current regent to do the same. they’re a part of the machinery, not a person working it
whether proroguing parliament was right or not - it wasn’t - it would absolutely have been worse if they had interfered. one is a temporary political tactic by an elected official to push through legislation - or lack thereof - the other would have completely and unreservedly undermined our democratic institutions as they have worked for over 200 years
I think you slightly misunderstand the role of the royals in this country. they are not consciously acting figures who take an active role in politics. they’re more like the chair that the speaker sits in, or some of the pretty furnishings in the houses of parliament. they’re an aesthetic and we put up with them for that reason and that reason only. you wouldn’t expect the paper that a law is written on to make sure the law itself is democratic and for the same reason you shouldn’t expect the current regent to do the same. they’re a part of the machinery, not a person working it