Wednesday, 6 June 2012

"The reason why I like the current system is simple.."


Jim Smith
The reason why I like the current system is simple, it prevents governments passing laws against its own people. The Royal family serve as the morality of the Nation whilst Parliment serve as the law. They are too seperate issues. If this country became a USA style republic we could be subject to restrictive laws and taxes. Remeber 100 years ago Women were not even allowed to vote in Britian, without a house of Lords any Government could decide to introduce a law for example saying "unemployed people are not allowed to vote" and it could be passed in Parliment by a Government with a strong majority but would never get passed by the HOL, plus the Queen would not give it the Royal Assent.
 ·  ·  · Sunday at 23:02
  • Jock Campbell and Darren Whitehead like this.
    • Tam Raymond Clown. See Tories; see disabled people. See benefits.
      Sunday at 23:04 · 
    • Jim Smith thats not LAW, that is an internal Government issue
      Sunday at 23:06 · 
    • Darryn Murphy You do know that for the most part the monarchy opposed giving women the right to vote? Your example is very flawed, especially seeing as the monarchy could serve to support immoral and horrible morals.
      Sunday at 23:08 · 
    • Jim Smith well if you can provide the reference that the monarchy was against the suffergette movement i will be happy to read it
      Sunday at 23:10 · 
    • Darryn Murphy ‎"I am most anxious to enlist everyone who can speak or write to join in checking this mad, wicked folly of 'Women's Rights' "- Queen Victoria
      Sunday at 23:12 · 
    • Jim Smith ‎"Try living on their wages before you judge them" George V
      Sunday at 23:19 · 
    • Tam Raymond The social security bill isn't law? She didn't sign it Jim? Fuckin happy-da-doodies! The dying will love you mate! Clown.
      Sunday at 23:19 · 
    • Jim Smith I will not even repond to you anymore Tam you troll so dont bother, get back under your bridge and save your breath for blowing up your GF.
      Sunday at 23:20 · 
    • Tam Raymond Get educated son.
      Sunday at 23:21 ·  · 2
    • John O'Neill Royal assent = Public pressure
      Sunday at 23:22 ·  · 2
    • Jim Smith Mind you she did sign off the POLL TAX
      Sunday at 23:23 · 
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall Minor legislative changes which are covered by white papers do not I believe require Royal Assent, but are within the powers of the relevent secretary of state, so as to introduce changes in a much quicker time scale to react to changes in criminal activity or economical crises.
      Sunday at 23:27 via Mobile ·  · 1
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall Don't get personal guys, it's only politics and none of us are MPs :-)
      Sunday at 23:28 via Mobile · 
    • Jim Smith lol very true Zoel we are overqualified to be MPs
      Sunday at 23:28 ·  · 1
    • Psicodélico Español Farlow oh , & thats why the Queen signed the bill to rid the NHS ? ... So much for helping the people eh ?
      Monday at 11:48 · 
    • Pete Macleod 
      The Queen is a constitutional monarch. No influence whatsoever on government policy. Royal Assent is nothing more than a rubber stamp exercise and if anyone actually believes the Queen agrees with every single policy she's seen in sixty years... Come on, folks, I didn't think any of us were total idiots but some of you are giving me serious doubts.
      The UK Government will draft legislation whether the monarch likes it or not. To suggest this is not the case suggests a complete misunderstanding of what a constitutional monarch can and can't do.
      Monday at 12:03 via Mobile ·  · 2
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall The Queen doesn't stamp laws based on whether she personally likes them or not. The monarch is not allowed to have political bias. I think it is you who misunderstand what the monarch can and cannot do.
      Monday at 12:31 via Mobile · 
    • Jim Smith The last monarch to refuse to sign a bill was Queen Anne, which nearly caused another civil war.
      Monday at 12:32 · 
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall Likewise it is not the crown remit to prevent drafts. That is the duty of the Commons and is overseen first by the Lords.
      Monday at 12:32 via Mobile · 
    • Laurence Northcote I am against the royalty (here in the UK) because 1) They do not have a real Constitution, 2) They ask for our money when they are already very rich, 3) They do not really participate to the "real life"
      Monday at 13:41 · 
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall ‎1) they do.
      2) they don't ask for it.
      3) they do.
      Monday at 13:43 via Mobile · 
    • Jim Smith i am quite happy to pay my 64p a year to them
      Monday at 13:48 · 
    • Laurence Northcote For what... display gondola and feast once a blue moon?
      Monday at 13:52 · 
    • Jim Smith better than paying expenses to corrupt MPs
      Monday at 13:53 · 
    • Joel Zumokuta Hall If you haven't even bothered researching the issue, then why make stupid comments?
      Monday at 13:56 via Mobile ·  · 1
    • Marjory Smith Delusional.
      Monday at 14:48 ·  · 1
    • Philip Fairweather Some people just don't understand the difference between the Queen's personal wealth, which she pays tax on just like everybody else, and the crown estates, which are state owned, and the civil list, which is a fixed amount the Queen gets for being Head of State and is also taxable...The Queen makes far more money for the country than she costs...
      Monday at 19:26 via Mobile ·  · 1
    • Tam Raymond oh dearie, dearie me lol...
      Monday at 19:45 · 
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