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Mr. Gabb shouldn t be too hard on Queen Elizabeth. It is exactly because the UK doesn t have a written constitution outlining each branch of government s responsibilities and powers that HM is in such a difficult position.
If there were a written constitution that specifically allowed the monarch to veto legislation and outlined the process as to how Parliament could override such a veto, Gabb s criticism would be well founded because then she truly would be part of the problem. But if, in a post-war, post-empire environment (especially the 1960s) she were to exercise royal prerogative that prerogative would be quickly legislated away.