observer Posted September 13, 2009 Report Share Posted September 13, 2009 Agree with Rifles - politics is all about the lesser of evils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 14, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 In other words you are willing to turn a blind eye. It makes you hypercritical And also begs the question if you can turn a blind eye to this what else Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Horses for courses. Nothing is black and white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifles Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 In other words you are willing to turn a blind eye. It makes you hypercritical And also begs the question if you can turn a blind eye to this what else Are you asking or telling ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 14, 2009 Report Share Posted September 14, 2009 Your obviously exstemely naive Kyje; which explains your support for the LibDems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Naive Theft is theft, It does not make a difference who did it. If the queen nicks a mars bar from Tesco's is it only a crime if you are a republican Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 It is utterly impossible for the Queen or any male on the Maternal (Paternal line when The Prince of Wales becomes King) side in direct line for the Throne to be prosecuted by law. there are formal rules (As part of Common Law) about being tried by your peers and that the Queen has no peers. Such Formal Rules have no been used in a very long time though. If this were the case, then you would rarely ever see a member of the House of Lords who carries a Peerage Title ever brought before the courts. The real point here however, is that all Legal Authority stems from the Crown. (NOT from the Queen herself!) Therefore, any holder of the Crown or someone expected to hold the crown can not have their own power used against them. In fact, if you really want to dig deep in to Common Law regarding the Monarchy, you'll find that it is actually Treason to even SUGGEST that the Crown by prosecuted! Just to further elaborate on this though, the RARE times that a Monarch or Queen Consort has been brought to trial in the U.K., there were either tried by the Lords Spiritual or by Parliament itself. Now, having said that, you can bet your bottom dollar that if a male member of the Queen's line committed a murder or other such crime, that the House of Commons would create an act to deal with the Situation. This of course raises some interesting Constitutional issues. Would the Queen sign such a bill allowing it to become law? If she didn't, would to raise arms to a Republic? Just as an interesting side note; A Crown Prince in Asia actually murdered his whole family in a drunken rage a few years ago. Because this country has very similar rules to the Throne, even though he murdered his family, he at once became King. (They've since changed the rules!) PS, I copied this from another forum because it would have taken too long to write myself!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 On a lighter note, the queen wouldn't be seen dead in Tesco! Fortnum & Mason though............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 15, 2009 Report Share Posted September 15, 2009 Nice one Baz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 I only used the queen as an example, as you well know the question still stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 16, 2009 Report Share Posted September 16, 2009 What's Freddy Mercury got to do with it?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 Still avoiding the question Obs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 20, 2009 Report Share Posted September 20, 2009 What question was that ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Are you Observer willing to turn a blind eye to the corruption in a political party because you agree with one of their key policies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 On a lighter note, the queen wouldn't be seen dead in Tesco! Fortnum & Mason though............... Didn't she get her Christmas puds from Tescos one year though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 One sent one of ones gals to get them, one didn't go oneself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Kyje, I've said ad nauseum, that all political parties are as corrupt as each other, in terms of their adaptation to the generous conditions that are afforded to the political class, and their dependency on donations. So what are you saying; "don't vote for any of them"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 It would be nice if your vitriol was spread equally and liberally over all of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Errm, I direct my fire at whoever is issuing the nonesense; which tends to be PC liberals in the main Parties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt Kije Posted September 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Shouldn't your fire be directed to all who are taking advantage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rifles Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 No one has that amount of fire Kije. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 There are no saints, especially in politics; so one reserves on's fire for what they are not doing or should be doing - and top of the list are :- Immigration: Exiting the EU: cleaning up and modernising our political systems: binning the HR Act and all the other PC liberal c**p that's built up over the last few decades. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Totally agree with your list obs. Pity MPs can't see the wood for the trees. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 With regards to the EU, surely the real issue is not withdrawing from it but rather the money that we pay in to it with no visible benefits for the UK......unless you go on holiday to Majorca where their roads are new and smoothe thanks to us...whilst ours are......not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 While we ponder a high speed rail system, the Spanish plan to create a network of high speed rail links throughout their Country - wonder how much the EU ( hence us) will be contributing to that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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