Elon Musk urges King Charles to dissolve Parliament—What can UK monarch do?
Elon Musk urges King Charles to dissolve Parliament—What can UK monarch do?
Elon Musk has launched his most high-profile appeal to try and influence British politics, but the approach is unlikely to prove effective.
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.
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If I was Charles, I'd offer Elon Musk a knighthood to piss him off.
Musk would have to choose between stoking his gigantic ego with the title at the cost of giving up any post in the federal government as per article I, section 9, clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution or humiliate himself and refuse the title to keep running the orange utan he's invested billions in.
I doubt that would work.
All Trump would do would be to make his post an unpaid advisory one and then he'd get to insist people call him Sir Elon.
It's not like he needs the paycheck or the benefits and he would love the ego boost.
without the consent of the Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
He'd just buy enough congress people to get it passed.
He'd take the knighthood then have the rules changed to suit himself
You act like th US cares about what the US constitution says.
It’s called an Honorary Knighthood - for non UK citizens.