The Monarchist 1.0
Defending the British Crown Commonwealth and the English-Speaking Peoples
[+] HONOURING OUR PATRON, SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, VICTOR OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING PEOPLES
[+] HONOURING OUR QUEEN, ELIZABETH THE SECOND, ON THE 80TH YEAR OF HER BIRTH (1926 - 2006)
[+] HONOURING OUR KING, SAINT EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, ON THE 1000TH YEAR OF HIS BIRTH (1005 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR HERO, LORD NELSON, ON THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR (1805 - 2005)
[+] HONOURING OUR SONS, THE QUEEN'S COMMONWEALTH SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE 'WAR ON TERROR'
Chief Warrant Officer Robert Girouard, 46, Royal Canadian Regiment, Nov 27, 2006 (Afstan)
Staff Sergeant Sharron Elliott, 34, Intelligence Corps, Nov 12, 2006 (Iraq)
Private Jacob B. Kovco, 25, Royal Australian Regiment, April 21, 2006
[+] HONOURING OUR VETS ON THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VICTORIA CROSS (1856 - 2006)
Friday, May 13, 2005
One Crown short of dictatorship
Yesterday, it was the Gomer-Pyle Parliament. Today, it's no longer funny: parliament has descended into chaos. We are now into day three of a developing constitutional "crisis" in this country, an alarming precedence-setting event that should have been averted at the earliest possible opportunity, but that the government chose to willfully ignore to further its own minority interests. What we are witnessing is the unparalleled arrogance of a governing administration that continues to believe it can set the agenda without the democratic authority to do so; continues to believe it can govern without a mandate from a majority of elected members of the House; continues to believe it can spend billions in taxpayer's money without the confidence or approval of Parliament, as was witnessed just yesterday, when they signed another $400 million corporate welfare deal with Liberal friendly Bombardier, for no other purpose than to shore up their desperate electoral situation in Quebec.
This government is now mighty close to offending 800 years of parliamentary democracy and tradition, handed down to us by the blood soaked determination of our forefathers. Just listen to this statement from a senior government official: "The Governor General receives advice from her first minister. She doesn't tender it,". I beg your pardon. Assuming you don't have the time to educate yourself with Walter Bagehot and The English Constitution, maybe you would like to quickly glance at thetheoretical reserve powers (theoretical, since the occasion to practice them at the sole discretion of the Sovereign are virtually nill) [Correction courtesy of Nigel at Kiwi Pundit] of the Crown:
You know things are getting bad when the GG is starting to get involved. Check out these stories:
Hiding behind the Queen's skirts
Prime minister calls Governor General amid demands for her to step in
What the Governor General could do
Games continue in the House of Commons on Friday the 13th
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 9:44 a.m. | LINKS |
Yesterday, it was the Gomer-Pyle Parliament. Today, it's no longer funny: parliament has descended into chaos. We are now into day three of a developing constitutional "crisis" in this country, an alarming precedence-setting event that should have been averted at the earliest possible opportunity, but that the government chose to willfully ignore to further its own minority interests. What we are witnessing is the unparalleled arrogance of a governing administration that continues to believe it can set the agenda without the democratic authority to do so; continues to believe it can govern without a mandate from a majority of elected members of the House; continues to believe it can spend billions in taxpayer's money without the confidence or approval of Parliament, as was witnessed just yesterday, when they signed another $400 million corporate welfare deal with Liberal friendly Bombardier, for no other purpose than to shore up their desperate electoral situation in Quebec.
This government is now mighty close to offending 800 years of parliamentary democracy and tradition, handed down to us by the blood soaked determination of our forefathers. Just listen to this statement from a senior government official: "The Governor General receives advice from her first minister. She doesn't tender it,". I beg your pardon. Assuming you don't have the time to educate yourself with Walter Bagehot and The English Constitution, maybe you would like to quickly glance at the
1. the right to appoint a Prime Minister;
2. the right to dismiss a Prime Minister;
3. the right to refuse to dissolve Parliament;
4. the right to force a dissolution of Parliament;
5. the right to refuse or delay the Royal Assent to legislation; and
6. the numerable discretions inherent in the Royal Prerogative (some of these are oddly interesting, such as the power to order a subject not to leave the realm, or the royal dominion over swans on the Thames tributaries).
You know things are getting bad when the GG is starting to get involved. Check out these stories:
Hiding behind the Queen's skirts
Prime minister calls Governor General amid demands for her to step in
What the Governor General could do
Games continue in the House of Commons on Friday the 13th
POSTED BY: The Monarchist AT 9:44 a.m. | LINKS |
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