30-05-2007, 12:21
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Apprentice Geriatric
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Re: Secret Troughs!
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Originally Posted by garinda
Although most Private Member's Bills don't make it to enactment, it was just such a Bill that in 1964 abolished the death penalty in this country.
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I wonder how many MP’s voted for the act?
If it were less than half the MP’s in office at the time then it was forced onto the citizens of this country by a minority. That’s democracy???
No new law or an amendment to an existing law should go through on a minority vote. But then the government of the day is usually voted into office (not power as TB is so fond of stating) on a minority vote.
On BBC2 on Tuesday evenings there is a series on “History of Modern Britain” written and narrated by Andrew Marr and all past PM’s and MP’s depicted so far spoke of being “in office” and serving the country etc even if some of them made a hash of it. In one case (Suez) took us to war on a lie. |
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