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Gordon Brown resigns as UK prime minister [It's official / on his way to the Queen]
BBC News Online ^
| Tuesday, 11 May 2010
| BBC
Posted on 05/11/2010 11:41:31 AM PDT by wolf78
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To: US Navy Vet
Cromwell?? Really they need a Washington. Cromwell was more like a despot. Our founders are the answer,,, not a different form of tyranny.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:40:15 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: vimto
Best of Luck,...we need a strong UK.
And someone to stomp on the Global Warming Hoax....
To: DesertRhino; C19fan
France smokes england, governmentally. Thanks entirely to DeGaulle, who was given dictatorial power by a military revolt (that started in Algeria no less), but proceeded to create a framework for a Fifth Republic that has, in many ways, been a model for other nations. France, unlike the UK, has an elected executive, who is not a mere figurehead (as is the case with the Italian president). The French Assembly can be in disarray, but a strong executive (in theory) keeps external and internal policy stable (which was NOT the case under the Third and Fourth Republics).
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:43:05 PM PDT
by
Clemenza
(Remember our Korean War Veterans)
To: vimto
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Now:
BBC News special with David Dimbleby
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Now:
BBC News special with David Dimbleby
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2040David Cameron's car is almost at Downing Street.
2 mins ago
To: DesertRhino
LOL,, funny title. And divine right,, even funnier! Ok,,, i cant win this if you believe that the lord himself appointed the queen! Snicker,,,
Oh, I really don't... that was meant as a completely impartial quote. It's just one of those quirky thing that one has to take for what they are. Europeans would be just as befuddled if someone explained to them Senate procedural rules like that filibuster thing ;)
For unearned illegitimate (unless you think she was seated by God) power?
It's a monarchy and in a monarchy the sovereign is the "fons honoris", meaning that he or she is per defition the most honorable person, as all societal honors hinge on the king or queen. Therefore the Royal Air Force or Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition (i.e. now the Labour Party). I find it quirky, but not evil.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:44:19 PM PDT
by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: All
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:44:43 PM PDT
by
wolf78
(Inflation is a form of taxation, too. Cranky Libertarian - equal opportunity offender.)
To: vimto
There will be no strong conservative government if they are in league with the LibDems.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:44:59 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(http://tyrannysentinel.blogspot.com)
To: Leo Farnsworth
Well that will settle who is right! Besides, im an American with .38, it might not go quite that way. (my head being split and all)
And i’ll certainly NOT show respect to a Monarch. It’s an illegitimate form of government. Se deserves only the respect any person her age should get,,, but not a whit more.
Go curtsey if you need.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:48:03 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
And in the middle of it all...the Green Party:
Caroline Lucas: 'A chance to change this rotten system'
Video at the link:
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The Green Party's first MP has said her support for a political coalition would have to be won on a ''case-by-case basis''.
Caroline Lucas added that the nation was facing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to change the ''rotten'' political and voting system.
To: DesertRhino
You, sir, are a jerk.
It's wonderful to know that YOU have all the answers. And a .38.
May God be kind to you when you reach maturity.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:49:57 PM PDT
by
Leo Farnsworth
(I'm really not Leo Farnsworth.)
To: DesertRhino
Creepy and weird,,, why not just say to the queen heres how the transition will be? Whats this recommend BS? The Queen is head of state, and there is a hung Parliament.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:51:07 PM PDT
by
SunStar
(Democrats piss me off!)
To: wolf78
To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
fROM THE ABOVE LINK ...POST #52:
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After Mr Brown announced he would be stepping down and would see if Labour could do a deal with the Liberal Democrats, the Conservatives upped their offer to a promise of a referendum on changing the voting system from existing first past the post system to AV.
To: Leo Farnsworth
Easy tiger. YOU suggested that my assessment of a monarch was worth of having my head split. I helpfully pointed out that we colonists resist such British thuggery.
And that makes me a jerk? What it *actually* makes me, is the guy who made you prove that thuggery is the main defense to a criticism of the british system.
Thank you!
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:55:27 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: wolf78
Well, I’m sure the WH gift shop is fedex-ing a new set of DVDs and a toy Marine One helicopter to P.M. Cameron.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:55:37 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
To: darkangel82
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:55:46 PM PDT
by
Genoa
(Luke 12:2)
To: SunStar
Maybe we should petition The Queen to invite Obama to form a new government ... OVER THERE!
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:57:34 PM PDT
by
BuckeyeTexan
(Integrity, Honesty, Character, & Loyalty still matter)
To: SunStar
Even a party that wins in a landslide must be asked by the monarch to form a government. It is Her Majesty’s Government.
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:58:28 PM PDT
by
Genoa
(Luke 12:2)
To: BuckeyeTexan
“Im sure the WH gift shop is fedex-ing a new set of DVDs and a toy Marine One helicopter to P.M. Cameron.”
Lol,, so true. Wonder if anyone has discussed with Cameron that the mau-mau now run the White House?
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posted on
05/11/2010 12:59:08 PM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
To: Deb
Chances are if the British citizenry cut it off, there will be no problem.
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posted on
05/11/2010 1:18:53 PM PDT
by
Niuhuru
(The Internet is the digital AIDS; adapting and successfully destroying the MSM host.)
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