Furthermore, one UK head of state call everyone supporting encryption pedophiles
This doesn’t justify his position (it’s stupid) but he doesn’t speak for the current government.
Head of state in the UK is a bit weird compared to countries that abolished or never had a monarchy.
Anyway, back on topic: this is a ridiculous law that is forcing services to erode their security while smart criminals can just use some nice free open-source software somewhere else for E2E communication. And a lot of this is definitely down to lawmakers not understanding technology.
And, to be fair, while I’m generally a small r republican, I’m seeing benefits of having a non politically aligned head of state after J6. While the monarch has limited power, booting out a PM that can’t command the confidence of Parliament is one of them. The question of whether Johnson would accept being dethroned a la Trump was always silly given his consent was never needed.
One of the benefits of a constitutional monarchy is the head of state did not campaign for the position.
It wraps ultimate power up in a contradiction, you have it but you can’t use it. Sure, technically you could but it would be your last act.
Another important aspect, the for and against is currently split between parties, so there’s somewhat of unification factor between parties on that divide as well.
It gets a lot of hate, because it is imperfect, but I don’t think it gets its fair shake. My views more of, if it ain’t broke is it really worth the risk changing it.
It was used in Australia in the 1970s
I guess the US equivalent is the leader of the house being unable to hold their majority together. In some ways the presidential election feels more democratic if a relative outsider (like Trump was) can win. But a 2 year lead up is crazy.
Obviously pedos on the interwebs are bad, but hey as long as it's just anime they're whacking off to I don't care too much. But the real abuse, that's done by - especially in the UK - rich and famous people like Jimmy Savile. And you're not gonna catch these pedos with banning encryption, that's a fucking smokescreen if I ever saw one, you're gonna catch them with police legwork and by actually teaching young children about their bodies!
Jimmy Savile was a vile predator. He was protected by the inane customs of the British ruling class.
He was not alone among the toffs of England.
But do not be mistaken. It is not just the rich and powerful where you find sexual predators. They exist at all levels of society, all genders, most ages (I will except infants and the aged infirm....)
Jimmy Savile was a symptom of something much darker, much worse and widespread.
In the UK if you're raped by someone famous you'd be an utter idiot to say anything unless you're loaded or have a massive amount of hard evidence. You couldn't have a me to movement in the UK because everyone who came forward would be sued into bankruptcy. This is why so many people knew about Savile but no one said anything.
It is the victim on trial, many times.
What on earth are you talking about?
Charles III is head of state, and before that, Liz II. The monarch absolutely does not get involved in politics.
The monarch picks the Prime Minister, no? That seems pretty involved.
They have a ceremonial role in confirming them. Like they do with every law that Parliament creates. If they ever actually practically exercised this theoretical power it would be the end of the monarchy.
The Members of Parliament choose the Prime Minister. The role of the monarch in confining them is purely ceremonial.