re: #1 Targetpractice
From downstairs:
Yet, what if she did, and then a future PM who is facing major political opposition asked her to intercede on their behalf? She certainly couldn’t refuse, as the precedent had been set for the Crown inserting itself into a political crisis.
Sure she could. “Brexit was an existential threat, this isn’t.” Or, “Like the US Supreme Court, I’m not bound by precedence.”