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He ought to have sparked a constitutional crisis and refused to say it. Then he should have devolved the government.
He'd basically be dissolving his own position at that point right?
Yes. But why remain as an impotent king?
Yes, I can understand that, but he's been a lead voice on the environment a lot longer than most. I guess he's swapped his beliefs & scruples for the trappings of monarchy, and that diminishes him rather than elivates him in my eyes.
You expected him to be making political statements as the monarch?
The only reason the monarchy still exists is because the head of it remains apolitical.
I guess I had some inchoate expectation that he'd be more influential. Sunak's just turned him into a hypocrite.
And that's the least bad thing Sunak has done this week!
I generally don't want some bloke who is only there through accident of birth to have any influence on policy.
Who voted for him to have influence?
I'd support constitutional reform.