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Peter Davidson 🇦🇺 @petedavo.bsky.social

Whilst true, that in a constitutional monarchy under the Westminster system, that there are 3 institutions, the King usually only acts upon the advice of the Prime Minister. So has the King, since the restoration, ever withheld royal assent to bills? Would such an act create a constitutional crisis?

aug 30, 2025, 9:21 am • 0 0

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Peter Davidson 🇦🇺 @petedavo.bsky.social

The Dismissal, Australia 1975, is a case in point.

aug 30, 2025, 9:27 am • 0 0 • view
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social

There's been no formal veto since 1708, though monarchs sometimes forbade their cabinets to bring measures forward. No one really knows what would happen if a monarch withheld assent today, because it's so long since it's been tested.

aug 30, 2025, 9:41 am • 0 0 • view