@izzythepush,
izzythepush wrote:It’s also inaccurate, it was during her reign that various reform acts were passed making this country far more democratic.
It is certainly inaccurate to suggest that the reigning monarch has anything to do with what legislation is passed. The first electoral reform act was passed when her predecessor, William IV, was king. (Even then, the first reform bill did not meet the standard of
The Agreement of the People proposed by the Agitators of the New Model Army in 1647.) What matters is who the PM is, and the political coalition that he or she leads. When a new reform act was called for, Lord Palmerston was PM, and he basically said "over my dead body." He was as good as his word, too. He died in October, 1865, and the second reform act was not passed until 1867. (And even that act did not enfranchise as many members of the working class as was called for in
The Agreement of the People.) Who was monarch ceased to matter at all in the reign of George III, Victoria's grandfather.
So you should get off Hightor's back.
