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Originally Posted by TheDaddy
The only part of government that has had any credibility for years is the Lords and yet we keep hearing calls from untrustworthy, incompetent, corrupt MP's to abolish it and run it along their lines, please, they should sort their own house out before they start dictating to others
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Yep - there's been plenty of sleaze, corruption and ineptitude involving elected members over recent years. Sadly, being an elected politician is no guarantee of integrity or ability.
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Originally Posted by Damien
My god dude! How is a unelected monarch being able to dismiss governments at will not a step towards a dictatorship?
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How long has the Monarch had such powers? Not much sign of any dictatorships (well except in Bliar's cabinet).