the PM's power to declare war flows direct from the Queen, not from Parliament,
So does that mean Her Germaness (house of Hanover yada yada yada...) is pro-war?
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Zoe Finch - Mar 18, 2003 4:25:56 am PST #2417 of 9843
Gradh tu fhein
Jim - Mar 18, 2003 5:01:39 am PST #2418 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
No (she might be, but she's politically "neutral") - the Crown reserved certain rights to itself following the Restoration - declaring War, appointing ministers, appointing Archbishops, calling elections, naming Lords.... However, by pretty much unbreakable convention those Royal Prerogatives are wielded by the Prime Minister. It's why the British PM, with a strong majority, is about the most powerful leader of a democratic country - he has all the powers of the US president and the US Congress combined.
Jim - Mar 18, 2003 5:02:41 am PST #2419 of 9843
Ficht nicht mit Der Raketemensch!
Hence why the Hanoverian regime ((c) Ken MacLeod) should be replaced by an elected Head of State.
Betsy HP - Mar 18, 2003 11:11:33 am PST #2420 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
Beckham?
Hayden - Mar 18, 2003 11:53:02 am PST #2421 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Fiona! Got your care package and thanks!
Also: hi to 'Ouise, who I hardly see around these days.
Hayden - Mar 19, 2003 10:19:33 am PST #2422 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Well, crap, I killed two threads.
Am-Chau Yarkona - Mar 19, 2003 10:23:56 am PST #2423 of 9843
I bop to Wittgenstein. -- Nutty
Oh, we Unamericans barely stir some days. It's not dead, just resting.
Hayden - Mar 19, 2003 10:25:17 am PST #2424 of 9843
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Good deal. I'd hate to think that I'd committed a foreign policy gaffe worthy of the Bush Administration.
Betsy HP - Mar 19, 2003 10:27:26 am PST #2425 of 9843
If I only had a brain...
You... you... Frenchman!
(This seems to have become the default insult in the U.S. When the Republican congresspersons were annoyed with Tom Daschle yesterday, they did everything but shout "Cheese-eating Froggy bastard!")
sumi - Mar 19, 2003 10:30:28 am PST #2426 of 9843
Art Crawl!!!
Bwah!
(And in the Firefly thread people are discussing the impending UK airing of the series.)