Timeline for Challenge the appointment of the prime minister
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| when toggle format | what | by | license | comment | |
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| Jul 7 at 13:58 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | @ceejayoz All Acts of Parliament require Royal Assent. | |
| Jul 7 at 5:25 | comment | added | Kevin | @ceejayoz: Yes, but if the King starts withholding royal assent from legislation, that would be an immediate constitutional crisis. So would any serious controversy over who the PM should be (except in the case of a hung parliament that does not manage to form a coalition within a reasonable period of time - that would be a weird anomaly but it's not the King's fault). | |
| Jul 6 at 2:59 | comment | added | Simon Crase | @NateEldredge A more recent example, albeit involving the Queen's representative, rather than Her Majesty herself, was the dismissal of the Australian PM in 1975. | |
| Jul 5 at 23:53 | comment | added | ceejayoz | @JFabianMeier Would such a bill require royal assent? | |
| Jul 5 at 16:02 | comment | added | J Fabian Meier | The House of Commons could also just pass a bill saying "X is prime minister". | |
| Jul 5 at 16:00 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | The Royal Prerogative also includes the power to unilaterally dismiss a Prime Minister, which last happened in 1834 when King William IV dismissed Lord Melbourne. This is probably what would happen today if a PM refused to resign upon losing the confidence of Parliament. | |
| Jul 5 at 15:37 | history | answered | Lag | CC BY-SA 4.0 |