Re: Yesterday we received the great news that the Hunting Bill will be reintroduced to the Commons next week.

From: Martin Willett (ignoredmailbox_at_ntlworld.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 16:27:40 +0100

BAC wrote:
> "Paul Rooney" <paulrooney@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:8poik0127nd2r01i0eq99mp0l91d4c61m0@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:32:35 +0100, "BAC"
>> <casswalk@NOSPAMdircon.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Of course they hold strong views about the supremacy of the
>>> commons, since they happen to command a majority in it at the
>>> moment, and don't like to be thwarted.
>>
>> It wasn't the current lot that passed the Parliament Act. Even the
>> pro-hunters there, and even most Tories, accept that principle.
>
> It could be argued that the Parliament Act is illegitimate, because
it
> received Royal Assent without the approval of the Lords, and before
> the Parliament Act existed to legitimise ignoring the Lords. But, in
> any case, how many times has the Parliament Act been used,
> previously, on trivial matters?

And where does the ultimate legitimacy lie in your system? In the
crown on the head of the daughter of the man whose (great)n
grandfather was the toughest meanest hardest *** around with the
biggest army of thugs working for him.

Britain has an unwritten constitution, things evolve. We don't get
strung up on minor details, we play the game. OK, so what if Webb
Ellis Minor* has done something a little different, the referee has
allowed it to stand and you can score the same way, if you can.

Play up and play the game boys. 

-- 
Martin Willett
http://mwillett.org/
* Yes, I checked, William Webb Ellis had an older brother called
Thomas, and I checked it out just to make that post look as annoying
as possible. How sad is that? Seriously, one day I really will have to
get a life.
But not yet.
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