From: Gene McAloon 

On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 12:47:07 +0200, Phil Payne
 wrote:

>> >An Emergency Powers Act to extend his term?  Say six months at first.
>>
>> That could happen in your country, given the way your govenment is
stuctured. It
>> is not possible here.
>
>Actually it couldn't.  Utterly impossible - which shows how much you know
>about our system.

You are wrong, as usual when discussing your government. Given the
structure of your government, Parliament has absolute power and can do
whatever it likes. There is nothing to stop it; no independent judiciary,
no separation of executive and legislative powers, no constitution, nothing
but public opinion.

Of course, you will probably tell me the Lords or even the Queen could
prevent it. They could not, of course, as both are utterly subservient to
the Commons. It is a rotten system and the basic structure of the US
government is such as it
is precisely to steer clear of your deeply faulted system.

True, it is easy for an American to say that, but increasing numbers of
Brits are saying it as well. Your system is nothing but a dreary hangover
from the days of monarchy. The only real change has been from absolute
control by the monarch to absolute control by the Commons. All that for
good historical reasons, of course, but that doesn't excuse what it is.

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