Summary

Elon Musk has called on King Charles III to dissolve the UK Parliament, citing past controversies involving Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Rotherham Scandal.

Musk accused Starmer of inaction during his tenure as head of the Crown Prosecution Service and urged a new general election, drawing backlash for spreading misinformation.

Critics argue that the monarchy lacks the unilateral power to dissolve Parliament under the 2022 Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act.

Musk’s growing political involvement globally, including support for right-wing parties, has sparked calls for regulation against foreign interference.

5 points

Set date for a ‘LONDON TEslA PARTY’ and throw all those shitty cars into harbor!

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The ocean is already polluted enough, I suggest dissolving them in acid.

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So, technically, the monarchy signed over the majority of executive power to Parliament with the Parliament Act 1911 which gives authority over taxation and budgets to Parliament.

But bills do also technically still require Royal Assent, which has not been withheld since 1708.

So… the Crown COULD try to force an impasse where nothing can pass without their approval, but then Parliament COULD make the Crown live off canned beans.

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Can someone get Lord Sugar drunk and have him express a similar view about the US?

“err, hic the unites, uniting, united states should separism, seapar, separate the head of state role from the, ,uhh, head of government. They can have gonger, er, congress appoint a cereminimum, er ceremonial head of state with reserve powers to dissolve congress… burp

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As a Brit I think Elon Musk should fuck off meddling in ours and other countries politics.

I also think that King Charles should dissolve the monarchy as it’s sickening to have such a thing in 2025.

People often say but tourism. The fact is France gets many more visitors a year than Britain and they got rid of their monarchy. We could make more turning Buckingham Palace into a bougie hotel for instance.

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Can you tour bukingham palace?

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Small sections.

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I think Elon Musk should fuck off meddling in ours and other countries politics.

He illegally immigrated into the US, it’s quite literally his MO

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As an American (and ashamed of it), can we give Elongated Muskrat back to South Africa?

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I don’t think that’d be very fair to South Africans.

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Time for some right wing infighting.

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