Trump Thread

[Montmorency]

Why isn't the Monarchy obsolete?

Trump.

I don't see the thought.

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I don't see the thought.

Britain has an inbuilt immunity to Populism, our Monarch looms so large in the national consciousness that there's no room for a leader like Trump. What's more, there's no room for one man's vision because all is done "by the Crown". Blair came close to being "Presidential" and he is now generally loathed for that and his "sofa style" of government.

[Montmorency]

Britain has an inbuilt immunity to Populism

But that isn't true, and to the extent that it differs from America it might as well be parliamentary government as the factor.

As with other things, for the monarch to genuinely block a populist leader or government in some capacity they would have to sacrifice themselves in the process.