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94 years ago today...
2005-Aug-10, Wednesday 22:40The Mother of all Parliaments. Apparently, we're supposed to be proud of that, us Brits. Um, guys? a) the Icelanders and the Isle of Man are known to have gotten in before us and b) You keep forgetting to do stuff wot you promised us.
94 years ago, a decision was made. They decided to reform Parliament, make it more democratic! What a great idea. However, they weren't certain what to do, so they did a few tweaks around the edges and announced they were going to investigate the best way to go forward. The tweaks around the edges were called the Parliament Act of 1911, itwas given Royal Assent on August 10th of that year.
I quote:
Still waiting guys.
When elected, Mr Blair said he was going to change it too.
Still waiting.
Anyone want to guess on the odds that they'll have gotten around to finishing the job by the time the 100th anniversary of that Act comes and goes?
I want to be proud to be British. It shouldn't be hard. But, well, our politicians keep messing things up.
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94 years ago, a decision was made. They decided to reform Parliament, make it more democratic! What a great idea. However, they weren't certain what to do, so they did a few tweaks around the edges and announced they were going to investigate the best way to go forward. The tweaks around the edges were called the Parliament Act of 1911, itwas given Royal Assent on August 10th of that year.
I quote:
- "...it is intended to substitute for the House of Lords as it at present exists a Second Chamber constituted on a popular instead of hereditary basis, but such substitution cannot be immediately brought into operation."
Still waiting guys.
When elected, Mr Blair said he was going to change it too.
Still waiting.
Anyone want to guess on the odds that they'll have gotten around to finishing the job by the time the 100th anniversary of that Act comes and goes?
I want to be proud to be British. It shouldn't be hard. But, well, our politicians keep messing things up.
This post has been brought to you as part of Lords Reform Day. Go sign up. You never know, they might start listening. They may even get around to doing something. 94 years...
