Well, the Commons was debating today about the future of the HoL (possibly tomorrow as well, not sure). The govt report above details the options (Part 5); personally I'm in favour of option 1, which is similar to the Canadian Senate (I think). This is basically because it will keep the crossbenchers (the most important part of the HoL and possibly Parliament) and also keeps down the number of politicians, which can only be a good thing.
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Very interesting, Wraithy, but - from past experience of such discussions - don't expect too many responses. The Yanks only care about their own political system, and how they can force it on others. I suppose you can't blame the poor little mites, really, once they've managed to understand how Electoral Colleges work there's not a lot of room left in their brains for much else than celebrity gossip. 8)
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Well really, your governmental system is quite odd. Lords that aren't lords, Commons that aren't commoners, and people who actually say "Hem" and "Haw" when they hem and haw.
Plus the text of the article is so dry, it's hard to stay awake long enough to decipher what they're planning from the original Britlegalese into American English.
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It could be argued that your Representatives aren't particularly representative, nor your President particularly presidential
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VP: yeah, I thought that'd be the case. Still, can't help but try to educate the poor things.
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quote:Originally posted by The_Tom: It could be argued that your Representatives aren't particularly representative, nor your President particularly presidential
It could also be argued that their Queen isn't particularly royalty either, though, right?
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I don't think you've quite got this, have you?
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So does anyone actually have an opinion on this? At all? After all it is the most important contitutional change in the UK for decades!
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Sorry. Though I do my best to keep on top of international affairs, quite frankly keeping track of our OWN archaic domestic politics is so difficult that I can't really spend much time figuring out other countries' archaic domestic politics.
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British government makes my brain hurt. I mean, you people have a monarch who does nothing but wear funny hats and wave at people rather than any sort of governing whatsoever. Explain the point of that.
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Well, she's not about to invade country A for something done by someone from (and funded by) country B, who also doesn't like country A either. That's got to count for something. And. . . wait a minute, why am I defending the Royal Family? Fuck 'em.
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Well, she's not about to invade country A for something done by someone from (and funded by) country B, who also doesn't like country A either.
Point. But then again, if that's the standard for a good ruler, then I can't think of any bad ones.
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quote:Originally posted by TSN: British government makes my brain hurt. I mean, you people have a monarch who does nothing but wear funny hats and wave at people rather than any sort of governing whatsoever. Explain the point of that.
Tourism.
Now you explain the electoral college.
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