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Re: 2010 General Election: The Cable Forum Exit Poll
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Originally Posted by Stuart C
You could be imagining wrong. The Queen is not allowed to express any political views. I also believe that she no longer has any real power apart from one. She can (under certain circumstances) dissolve the government and force an emergency general election. I believe this is probably what Chris was referring to when he said she was a stop gap.
Having said that, I vaguely remember reading somewhere she is actually a Labour supporter in private. If the rumours are correct, she certainly did not like Margaret Thatcher.
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The Monarch has some powers, I heard last night, this morning (can't remember when as I was up til 4am). that King George V stepped in in 1924.
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