chartpolski 20,585 Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 I'm watching the Jacob Rees-Mogg Show on GBNews just now, and there was a discussion on the powers of the monarchy. Evidently the government has to put any law to the monarch for approval and usually the assent is given. BUT, the monarch can say no. Then Rees-Mogg said " but of course the 'magic circle' would strongly advise the monarch against saying no". Who are this "magic circle" ? What powers or influence do they have ? Are they elected officials? Francie, I think I may be becoming a conspiracy theorist! LOL ! Cheers. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Francie, 1,770 Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 1 hour ago, chartpolski said: I'm watching the Jacob Rees-Mogg Show on GBNews just now, and there was a discussion on the powers of the monarchy. Evidently the government has to put any law to the monarch for approval and usually the assent is given. BUT, the monarch can say no. Then Rees-Mogg said " but of course the 'magic circle' would strongly advise the monarch against saying no". Who are this "magic circle" ? What powers or influence do they have ? Are they elected officials? Francie, I think I may be becoming a conspiracy theorist! LOL ! Cheers. Them seeds i planted are growing charts haha 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
low plains drifter 9,587 Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 32 minutes ago, Francie, said: Them seeds i planted are growing charts haha Cucumbers? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Born Hunter 17,646 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 11 hours ago, chartpolski said: Who are this "magic circle" ? What powers or influence do they have ? Are they elected officials? You're worried that the monarchs advisors are elected? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,585 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 33 minutes ago, Born Hunter said: You're worried that the monarchs advisors are elected? No, I’m not worried. The only ‘Magic Circle’ I’d previously heard of was the club for magicians. I’m more interested than worried. Cheers. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 12 hours ago, chartpolski said: I'm watching the Jacob Rees-Mogg Show on GBNews just now, and there was a discussion on the powers of the monarchy. Evidently the government has to put any law to the monarch for approval and usually the assent is given. BUT, the monarch can say no. Then Rees-Mogg said " but of course the 'magic circle' would strongly advise the monarch against saying no". Who are this "magic circle" ? What powers or influence do they have ? Are they elected officials? Francie, I think I may be becoming a conspiracy theorist! LOL ! Cheers. Best i could find, Magic circle (act. 1963), was a phrase used by the Conservative politician Iain Macleod in an article in The Spectator on 17 January 1964 about the tory leadership contest of October 1963. By referring to a 'magic circle' Macleod sought to draw attention to a coterie of nine men from the party's élite whom he thought responsible (and, in his opinion, against the majority wishes of the cabinet) for the selection of Alec Douglas-Home, fourteenth earl of Home, as the successor to Harold Macmillan as party leader and prime minister. At the time of the selection, which became public on 17 October 1963, Macleod was the party's joint chairman and the leader of the Commons; the appointment in favour of Home denied the leadership to Macleod's preferred candidate, the deputy prime minister and first secretary of state R. A. Butler, and Macleod subsequently declined to sit in Home's cabinet Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chartpolski 20,585 Posted February 28, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 14 minutes ago, paulus said: Best i could find, Magic circle (act. 1963), was a phrase used by the Conservative politician Iain Macleod in an article in The Spectator on 17 January 1964 about the tory leadership contest of October 1963. By referring to a 'magic circle' Macleod sought to draw attention to a coterie of nine men from the party's élite whom he thought responsible (and, in his opinion, against the majority wishes of the cabinet) for the selection of Alec Douglas-Home, fourteenth earl of Home, as the successor to Harold Macmillan as party leader and prime minister. At the time of the selection, which became public on 17 October 1963, Macleod was the party's joint chairman and the leader of the Commons; the appointment in favour of Home denied the leadership to Macleod's preferred candidate, the deputy prime minister and first secretary of state R. A. Butler, and Macleod subsequently declined to sit in Home's cabinet So a bit like , but not the same as, “the men in grey suits’, a small cabal of powerful people in government or the establishment who can wield influence ? Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
paulus 26 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 47 minutes ago, chartpolski said: So a bit like , but not the same as, “the men in grey suits’, a small cabal of powerful people in government or the establishment who can wield influence ? Cheers. So it appears. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scotty12 1,377 Posted February 28, 2023 Report Share Posted February 28, 2023 Can see there being a tin foil shortage just shortly 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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