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Politics

The Queen and her difficult position.

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HappydaysArehere · 19/04/2015 10:01

The Queen has been the ear of numerous prime ministers for her entire reign. In this respect she probably has more wisdom and knowledge of the political scene than anyone in this country. Of course she is above politics and now she might well be presented with a real predicament. It must be heart breaking for her to contemplate the possible outcome. No matter what you think of the Monarchy the one thing I am sure of is that she really cares for this country and the Commonwealth. She must feel like a mother with a load of squabbling kids hell bent on messing everything up.

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tribpot · 19/04/2015 10:12

Do you mean if there is a hung parliament (as seems likely) and the parties struggle to find a working coalition between themselves? I don't think she has so much of a predicament (surely no-one is suggesting the Queen will draw names out of a hat - or a crown - and make a coalition herself that way?) as much as an opportunity to use 60 odd years of political savvy to help bring about a stable government. If it comes to it, I'm very glad we have a non-political head of state whose goal will be helping to ensure a smooth transition rather than victory for a particular ideology (although I'm sure the Queen is a natural Tory).