Taspher’s Constitution Proposal
This is part of a series of threads I am making which cover the constitution of the UK and how we can fix it. You can find the main page for these threads here.
The Proposal
Explaination
I am an unabashed monarchist. I don’t want to go into a long rant here as to why, especially as this is a long section anyway, but I essentially take the position that the old British (and Brazilian) view of monarchy is correct. That it is the force that balances the destructive natures of the judiciary, legislative, and executive branches. That it is all three of these come together and made to harmonise. As such, I actually think that the monarchy should be somewhat more active than the Windsors currently are.
Article 24: This is (mostly) the current state of things. It is just useful to create this so that it is clear and so that it isn’t messed with too much.
Article 25/26: Hopefully uncontroversial. Just a statement of status quo, but for this sort of document, you have to state the status quo.
Article 27: This confirms absolute primogeniture. I think that there is a serious question as to whether adoptive children should be allowed to inherit.
This also limits the succession to descendants of Aunts and Uncles (i.e. if William were King, Edward and his children could inherit, but the Duke of Gloucester could not via this article). I think that this is reasonable, as the people would not know someone so far removed from the throne, and to ensure its continued legitimacy, we don’t want to end up with the third-cousin-twice-removed getting it. This does, however, cause issues with the other Commonwealth realms (depending on who the Great Council elect…).
Articles 28-32: Again, mostly statements of what currently is. It expressly tells the King that he can veto laws, but that is the law right now.
Article 33: I’m generally opposed to life peerages (for reasons to cover in a different thread). I think it is bad that the Dukedom of Edinburgh was not made hereditary. The idea here is to separate the life peers of the Lords from the people whom we choose to honour with peerage.
Article 34: Needed for later when I talk about the Great Council.
