• @wpb@lemmy.world
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        You underestimate how old of a bag she was and how large the British empire was before it fell. Plus, if the Kim fam is on the list, then she sure as hell belongs there too, as well as mr inbred sausage fingers.

  • @Treczoks@lemmy.world
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    Absolutely spot on. An illustrious club of similar-minded people. He perfectly fits in. I hope he feels at home…

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    Trump has an extra bonus detail which is he co-opted a planned anniversary parade and made it about himself. He stole the attention from the people who had planned their own celebration back when he wasn’t even in office.

    He went to someone else’s birthday party and made it about his birthday just because they shared the same date.

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      i which way did he make it about himself?

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          Which is part of why he’s butthurt it had eras of military technology instead of the classic dictatorship parade of “we moved all of our functional armor here so the oppressed citizens are more fearful about who is oppressing them”

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              Yeah and even better that most of them basically ignored him at the end of the parade. None of them want to be a dictator’s servant

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    I feel like this should also count as a military parade cause all other descriptors I have for it are more embarrassing

    • @Deathray5@lemmynsfw.com
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      It’s not so much a show of force as an excuse to march in silly hats. There’s a lot of legitimate flack we can take but this is just being goofy

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        Yeah but these are often accompanied by us flying all of our military aircraft over London. I think the analogy holds, even if ours is a bit eccentric.

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        The hats were made famous by a legendary Fr*nch regiment. When that regiment was given a damn good spanking, the British captured the hats, and started wearing them to taunt the Fr*nch.

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      In his defence, he’s not a world leader but a symbolic figure head and this is a tradition going back a long way, similar to the French parade but they got rid of their king a while back.

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        The Norks Kims are world leaders and KC3 isn’t? Did I accidentally stumble into a .ml echo chamber?

        On looking at the OP’s list I was also wondering why Trooping the Colour wasn’t on it, as it is a military parade for the (official) birthday of one of the leaders in the G7.

        King Charles III is not symbolic; he is the ruler of the UK and the Commonwealth. He refers to Parliament as “my government” in his speeches and no new laws can be passed without his approval (Royal assent). He is the head of the military and the Church. So referring to Charles as a symbolic figurehead is factually inaccurate. Deferring power to Parliament doesn’t change that. Taking it up again may cause a constitutional crisis, but I believe it is an option.

        This seems like a fairly reliable source, on the grounds that although it’s “only” a blog, solicitors aren’t known for posting misinformation. https://www.milnerslaw.co.uk/could-king-charles-iii-dissolve-parliament/

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          Yes, technically this is correct and the legislation has not been repealed. I think it highly unlikely that the king would do anything, and if he did I’m unsure the armed forces would follow him against a legally elected parliament.

          Futhermore the king is also head of Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; again I find it unlikely that they’d follow him over their govts.

          In short there’s a bunch of laws that the UK govt. hasn’t revoked. Changing unused or unnecessary legislation takes time and there are more important changes to make.

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          Did Charles go to the G7 summit, or did the prime minister (leader) of the county go?

          Of all the leaders who attended the G7 summit, are they all elected officials?

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          Dissolution of Parliament is a thing that happens every time an election is called. It’s not about taking control of Parliament, as an election must be held, and Parliament retains its dual sovereignty.