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The UK had Thatcher, experienced decades of decline, and left the EU under Queen Elizabeth. It's not that things are suddenly worse under Charlie; they've been getting continually worse for a long time.
And had another female PM for like a week, at which point Liz died.
No middle ground.
They only "officially" dont, but in fact they wield a huge amount of power over the government, there have been several scandals about it in recent years
Even more of a reason the conversation is moot