Novus America wrote:Celritannia wrote:
I said she has the experience, experience also requires a ruler to have the best people for the job by them, which is what the Privy council used to be, and sometimes still is.
But it is still true to say she has more experience than the current cabinet, having reigned over 14 different UK governments in her lifetime.
The Privy Council is basically the PM and cabinet, plus a few other people, who the PM de facto appoints, and the PM determines the composition of the meetings so....
It is basically controlled by the PM. It is not an independent council of the “best people”.
Anyways yes she has experience but an experience of a different sort.
An electrical engineer who has spent 50 years in electrical engineering has experience in electrical engineering, but that does not mean he would be a good doctor.
What she does and has experience doing is very different than what the PM does and has experience doing.
We have no idea if she actually knows how to run the country, or run a government, or make good legislation or policy, or do it well and in the way you want.
It is far more than "the Cabinet and a few others".
Take a look at the list, all the appointments to it are not made solely by the PM, but the positions people have held in government or the judiciary. Which is why the Shadow Cabinet are automatic members of the Privy Council. If the Privy Council was up to the current PM, the Shadow Cabinet would not be in there.
The Privy Council of the United Kingdom[n 1] is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. Its membership mainly comprises senior politicians who are current or former members of either the House of Commons or the House of Lords.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy_Council_of_the_United_Kingdom#:~:text=The%20Privy%20Council%20of%20the,or%20the%20House%20of%20Lords.
The Queen has been at the forefront of politics since the mid-50s, so in your r analogy, she would still be an engineer, but an older theoretical based engineer.
Again, as Vass has pointed out, the PM informs the duties of the Government each week.
I am not saying it's the way I want it or not, I am simply saying she has more experience than the current government.