Blair Becomes Labour's Longest-Serving PM (Just how bad do British 'Conservatives' suck?

The Daily Telegraph [Sydney, AU] ^ | February 7, 2005 | Herve Guilbaud [Agence France-Presse]

[pau1f0rd]

The UK is not strictly a democracy. Our political system is a constitutional monarchy.

France is a republic, as is Germany. It's a very broad term.

>>a Banana republic (which is really a democracy)

banana republics are usually dictatorships, not democracies.

The CIA World Factbook lists the USA as 'Constitution-based federal republic; strong democratic tradition '

[jjbrouwer]

"As for the rest, The Princess Diana grief-fest, the irrational vendetta against fox hunting and decline of the Church of England into irrelevance tells us Americans pretty m uch everything we need to know about the state of British society."

I remember a similar grief-fest after John John tried to fly a plane with a broken leg and ended up in the bottom of the sea, along with his cokehead wife.

Why do you hate the little foxies?

[quidnunc]

jjbrouwer wrote: I remember a similar grief-fest after John John tried to fly a plane with a broken leg and ended up in the bottom of the sea, along with his cokehead wife.

That shut down one block of New York City for part of one day, not a whole country for three days.

Why do you hate the little foxies?

Haven't you read, they've become so thick in England that they're eating your moggies, and getting right brazen about it too..

[jjbrouwer]

There are more efficient and humane ways of eliminating the the fox than having a pack of dogs ripping it limb from limb.

[quidnunc]

jjbrouwer wrote: There are more efficient and humane ways of eliminating the the fox than having a pack of dogs ripping it limb from limb.

The ban on fox hunting had nothing to do with animal cruelty and everything to do with class warfare.

It was the townsmen sticking it to the toffs in the countryside, pure and simple.

[jjbrouwer]

They told you that? Or did you just read it in one of your Canadian newspapers?

[quidnunc]

jjbrouwer wrote: They told you that? Or did you just read it in one of your Canadian newspapers?

Nope, I read about it in The Telegraph and The Times.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/21/nhunt221.xml

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1055-1360709,00.html

[jjbrouwer]

Peter Bradley - the politician who tried to wreck the anti-fox hunting bill - is hardly an impartial voice.

[quidnunc]

jjbrouwer wrote: Peter Bradley - the politician who tried to wreck the anti-fox hunting bill - is hardly an impartial voice.

That doesn't mean that he's wrong or untruthful.

Here's more by Mr. Bradley:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/11/21/nhunt221.xml

[quidnunc]

jjbrouwer wrote: Peter Bradley - the politician who tried to wreck the anti-fox hunting bill - is hardly an impartial voice.

By your standard the BBC should not be heeded on anything they say about the Israel/Palestinian question or the Iraq war since they obviously are not impartial.

[beyond the sea]

There are more efficient and humane ways of eliminating the the fox than having a pack of dogs ripping it limb from limb.

Very true!

My, my.... you do have a heart.

Excellent.