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Epitaph for a rump parliament

June 21, 2009 – 10:41 pm

Thus reader John Poole unearthed Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell’s speech upon dissolving the UK Parliament in 1653, which could be recycled as and when the current smelly rump parliament is dissolved – in a vat of Draino, perhaps?
“…It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Political spin, Politics, Totalitarian drift, UK politics, democracy, political theory | Also tagged descent into tyranny, England's brief republican era, In the name of god go, Lord Mandelson, MP expenses scandal, Oliver Cromwell dissolves Rump parliament 1653, political corruption, the death of democracy | Comments (0)

UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith walks backwards to 1984

December 1, 2008 – 12:19 am

The awful events in Mumbai overshadowed a serious breach in democratic principles in the UK on 29 November, 2008. Nine counter terrorist police stormed the Kent home and Westminster offices of Conservative Shadow Minister Damian Green, searched his home, constituency and Westminster offices and detained him under the Official Secrets Act. The MP was bailed [...]

By John Kelly | Posted in British Constitution, Human rights, Law and order, Policy, Politics, UK politics, Uk Home Office, extradition | Also tagged Boris Johnson, Damian Green MP, David Cameron, Harriet Harman, Home Office, Human rights, Immigration, Jacqui Smith, Met Police Authority, UK Constitutional crisis, UK government, UK politics, Westminster village | Comments (5)