[SENESCHALSQÅB] Monarchy-Government Relations

[Miestră Schivă, UrN]

¡Estimadă.ts cüncitaxhiens!

It has been a grief for me that, during the Duke of Lupul's time on the throne, there was a growing alienation between the King and his elected Government, to the point of total lack of communication - unless repeated text messages requesting a formality, followed by a formality being issued, counts as communication.  I thought maybe that was just my winning personality, but no; other Governments had similar issues.

You may have been me rambling to the Free Democrat convention that this was something we had to change. As luck would have it, we now have a King who is paying attention. I am happy to announce, therefore, that henceforth, as Seneschál I will be having regular audiences with His Majesty The King to discuss Government business.

My preferences for minimal Royal political action - in fact, for minimal Royal anything - are well known. However, failing the dawn of the New Republic, Talossa needs a constitutional monarchy as exists in other well-run countries. In the United Kingdom, the Monarch has quite awesome powers in paper, which it is a social contract never to use except in the direst emergency. But the 19th century journalist Walter Bagehot argued that the Monarch has three rights, which are also three duties, towards their elected Government: to advise, to encourage, and to warn.

So: regular meetings so that His Majesty can advise, encourage, and warn me. This is a precedent that we hope will be upheld by my successors in Government - and his successors as Head of State of Talossa.

Questions? Comments?

[Breneir Tzaracomprada]

¡Estimadă.ts cüncitaxhiens!

It has been a grief for me that, during the Duke of Lupul's time on the throne, there was a growing alienation between the King and his elected Government, to the point of total lack of communication - unless repeated text messages requesting a formality, followed by a formality being issued, counts as communication.  I thought maybe that was just my winning personality, but no; other Governments had similar issues.

You may have been me rambling to the Free Democrat convention that this was something we had to change. As luck would have it, we now have a King who is paying attention. I am happy to announce, therefore, that henceforth, as Seneschál I will be having regular audiences with His Majesty The King to discuss Government business.

My preferences for minimal Royal political action - in fact, for minimal Royal anything - are well known. However, failing the dawn of the New Republic, Talossa needs a constitutional monarchy as exists in other well-run countries. In the United Kingdom, the Monarch has quite awesome powers in paper, which it is a social contract never to use except in the direst emergency. But the 19th century journalist Walter Bagehot argued that the Monarch has three rights, which are also three duties, towards their elected Government: to advise, to encourage, and to warn.

So: regular meetings so that His Majesty can advise, encourage, and warn me. This is a precedent that we hope will be upheld by my successors in Government - and his successors as Head of State of Talossa.

Questions? Comments?

Complete support from Open Society on this arrangement. It is good to see an active monarch.

[Mic’haglh Autófil, SMC EiP]

PdR likewise in support. I had been thinking to myself that this would be a smart development, with the UK setup in mind.

[King Txec]

My goal is to model other constitutional monarchies, which is why I suggested regular audiences. Now, where are my red dispatch boxes! :-)

- Txec R