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Dozens of new laws sent to Prince so he could give approval
Telegraph ^ | 15 Feb 2013 | Christopher Hope, and Matthew Holehouse

Posted on 02/16/2013 3:37:18 PM PST by george76

The Prince of Wales was secretly given a say over new laws to ban hunting and to introduce the Government’s green deal

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The Prince was most recently asked for his consent for the energy bill in September 2011, which passed into law the Government’s green deal which encourages homeowners to take out a loan to make their house more energy-efficient.

He was also asked about the Hunting Bill in July 2003, the same month that MPs voted on a free ballot to ban hunting with dogs in the UK.

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The Prince has faced criticism for sending the letters - known as “black spider memos” because of his handwriting - to ministers, marked private and confidential, setting out his views on aspects of government policy.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: doggieping; fishing; green; hunting; prince; princecharles; princeofwales; wales
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1 posted on 02/16/2013 3:37:23 PM PST by george76
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To: george76

I truly thought this article would be about Obama’s latest decrees....


2 posted on 02/16/2013 3:41:31 PM PST by ransomnote
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To: george76

My first thought was that they were being sent to the “Little Red Corvette” guy in Minneapolis. The people living in this country are starting to demand that movie stars and rock stars run the country.


3 posted on 02/16/2013 3:52:02 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Now Playing. Obama II - The Revenge of My Father.)
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To: george76

The Prince is only doing his duty. This article is nothing but a hatchet job. There is no “there” there.


4 posted on 02/16/2013 3:52:28 PM PST by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: FlingWingFlyer
I approve.


5 posted on 02/16/2013 3:56:36 PM PST by Defiant (If there are infinite parallel universes, why Lord, am I living in the one with Obama as President?)
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To: Defiant

LOL! Yup! That’s the guy.


6 posted on 02/16/2013 4:00:00 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Now Playing. Obama II - The Revenge of My Father.)
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To: Defiant
Oops, thought that was one of Obama’s golfing partners on his latest vacation without the *Moochelle*.
7 posted on 02/16/2013 4:04:12 PM PST by The Cajun (Sarah Palin, Mark Levin......Nuff said.)
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8 posted on 02/16/2013 4:10:23 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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That's just what I want, an effeminate little dilettante deciding what new laws should be imposed upon me.

Wait a minute...

9 posted on 02/16/2013 4:12:24 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("Somebody has to be courageous enough to stand up to the bullies." --Dr. Ben Carson)
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Regretably, the Prince of Wales is an airhead. But Parliament is within its rights to ask his advice, and if asked, it’s his job to give it to them.

Parliament is under no obligation to take his advice, or that of the Queen. Obviously they asked him because they knew he was a greenie airhead, and that was the response they wanted.

But I doubt whether it made much difference, since most members of Parliament these days seem to be jerks, too. The Conservatives are little better than Labour.


10 posted on 02/16/2013 4:12:58 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: george76

This guy is more inbred than Westminster’s best-in-show.


11 posted on 02/16/2013 4:20:31 PM PST by goodwithagun (My gun has killed fewer people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
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To: Cicero

The QUEEN is a Sharp Cookie....the Prince is a WUSS.


12 posted on 02/16/2013 5:20:28 PM PST by Ann Archy (ABORTION........the HUMAN sacrifice to the god of CONVENIENCE.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

You really make up these photo-shopped images fast. You’re obviously a pro. Please stick an octopus or ant hill on obuma’s head. I’ll time you.


13 posted on 02/16/2013 5:31:40 PM PST by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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To: Ann Archy

Yes. Probably they didn’t ask the Queen because they didn’t want intelligent but politically inconvenient advice.


14 posted on 02/16/2013 5:36:09 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: george76

The UK deserves to be ruled by imbeciles it seems


15 posted on 02/16/2013 5:39:14 PM PST by GeronL (http://asspos.blogspot.com)
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To: george76

Prince Charles is a lot more powerful than people think.


16 posted on 02/16/2013 5:46:33 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: ransomnote

You weren’t the only one!


17 posted on 02/16/2013 6:04:54 PM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: ObozoMustGo2012; ransomnote

Ditto that, both of you.


18 posted on 02/16/2013 6:13:08 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; Defiant
No, no - he's the art-teest FORMERLY known as Prince!

You old guys just aren't with it.

19 posted on 02/16/2013 6:28:47 PM PST by Slump Tester (What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
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20 posted on 02/16/2013 9:13:51 PM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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