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Questions for those on the left side of the pond dealing with Country names ?
mklotz:
--- Quote ---out-source their position of soverign by selecting Betty Windsor (aka Queen Elizabeth II) as their queen. This does not make such countries sub-serviant to England
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I was under the impression that the Queen has the power to dissolve Parliament in Oz (and possibly Canada?). Certainly that would imply a modicum of subservience, no?
--- Quote ---The US, which includes former Brithish colonies could conceivably petition to join the Commonwealth, but you would have to ask very nicely.
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Don't hold your breath. :)
andyf:
--- Quote ---Marv: I was under the impression that the Queen has the power to dissolve Parliament in Oz (and possibly Canada?). Certainly that would imply a modicum of subservience, no?
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Not sure about Canada, but it can happen in Oz, and did 35 years ago. But that's only because the Aussies haven't as yet seen fit to deprive her of that prerogative by altering their constitution, which under both their own and UK law, they can opt to do at any time. The "power", if you can call it that, certainly doesn't apply to many Commonwealth nations, like Mozambique, which was a Portuguese colony until 1975.
--- Quote --- John Hill: The US, which includes former British colonies could conceivably petition to join the Commonwealth, but you would have to ask very nicely.
Marv: Don't hold your breath.
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Is this a case of (understandably) "Once bitten, twice shy" or, to quote the immortal Groucho "I wouldn't want to belong to any club that would have me as a member" ?
:lol:
Andy
John Hill:
--- Quote from: mklotz on January 17, 2010, 04:57:12 PM ---
--- Quote ---out-source their position of soverign by selecting Betty Windsor (aka Queen Elizabeth II) as their queen. This does not make such countries sub-serviant to England
--- End quote ---
I was under the impression that the Queen has the power to dissolve Parliament in Oz (and possibly Canada?). Certainly that would imply a modicum of subservience, no?
--- End quote ---
She would do that as Queen of Australia, not Queen of England.
BTW, the head of state in some Commonwealth countries is the Governor General and was traditionally a Britisher but countries such as NZ who keep Betty on as Queen now appoint their own GGs.
PTsideshow:
--- Quote ---BTW, the head of state in some Commonwealth countries is the Governor General and was traditionally a Britisher but countries such as NZ who keep Betty on as Queen now appoint their own GGs.
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Currently in Canada they just said that the GG is From Haiti
tinkerer:
I wouldn't worry about it, soon it will be the New Roman Empire, as prophesied. :bugeye: Won't be confusing at all then. :lol:
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