This petition was submitted during the 2017 to 2019 Parliament
Rejected petition Abolish the monarchy for being constitutionally ineffective.
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Today the prime minister was able to prorogue parliament and thus prevent parliamentary review at a critical time when constitutional change is being made. As the Queen did not refuse to prorogue parliament to prevent this anti-democratic abuse, the monarchy has no purpose and should be abolished.
The monarchy should provide a backstop to ensure democracy is upheld. If this is not done even in this most extreme case then there is no point having a monarchy and it should be abolished.
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/270917
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