tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post8106045602362347717..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: Referism, Direct Democracy and OblivionWitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-72233926594078476732012-03-19T16:11:58.141-07:002012-03-19T16:11:58.141-07:00Stuart: The fact we keep coming back to the same a...Stuart: The fact we keep coming back to the same argument shows how bad the situation is.......<br /><br />DP111 Agreed.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-20613406037036155702012-03-18T10:18:44.397-07:002012-03-18T10:18:44.397-07:00Its not just our money and rights, but our nationa...Its not just our money and rights, but our national culture and ethos, therefore our historic nation, is being driven to extinctionAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-57843892728639745402012-03-18T02:51:59.876-07:002012-03-18T02:51:59.876-07:00Paine says in one section that government is a cre...Paine says in one section that government is a creature of the constitution, not the other way around. The very fact that any government in the UK can change the constitution and nature of parliament as it likes, means we have no constitution in the way Paine invisages one. Our constitution is a creature of parliament. That is our biggest problem. I am completely of the belief that we need a written single document constitution that is ratified by the people which sets up parliament and controls what it can and cannot do. It should start with the words "We the people of the United Kingdom as utlimate governors...". Not only that, we need the ability to step in when our delegates or system starts to get out of control. We keep coming back to the same argument.Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-10513633756149122202012-03-17T16:24:00.515-07:002012-03-17T16:24:00.515-07:00Stuart Nice quote - must remember that for future ...Stuart Nice quote - must remember that for future use.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-15234857754045186532012-03-17T15:08:51.011-07:002012-03-17T15:08:51.011-07:00I just love Tom Paine:
"A constitution is no...I just love Tom Paine:<br /><br />"A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution, is power without a right.<br /><br />All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning. It must either be delegated or assumed. There are no other sources. All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation."<br /><br />"A constitution is the property of a nation, and not of those who exercise the government."Stuartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-85913934700757921612012-03-17T13:57:36.216-07:002012-03-17T13:57:36.216-07:00TT: Re Moore - agreed, but the more it is highligh...TT: Re Moore - agreed, but the more it is highlighted the more, hopefully, people will become aware.WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-63773741428146270752012-03-17T12:32:02.582-07:002012-03-17T12:32:02.582-07:00Charles Moore is a joke. He is an apologist for th...Charles Moore is a joke. He is an apologist for the Conservatives and has a blind spot when it comes to duplicity and corruptiopn by the Tory Elite<br /><br />I no longer register these idiots. Today there was an inspector Rebus poiece on Radio 4 "wife of an MP is murdered" - who cares ? It is all so passe now.<br /><br />I feel so detached from this kabuki theatreTomTomnoreply@blogger.com