Well They Would Wouldnt They

[bazwillrun]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25467738

He looks like a muppet....but is as dangerous as an AK47

another country they want to remove any individuality it has and destroy its borders and swallow into their ever growing empire

its all about expansion and control.....its call empire...and its coming to a country near you

[FredPuli43]

Nj, forgiive my confusion about magisterial duties. You have said that you are not a judge, which would cover what used to be called a stipendiary magistrate, they now being classified as judges. Since you know a lot about sentencing in the magistrates' court and about cases that can only be tried there, I assumed that you were a member of the public who sat as a magistrate, since magistrates have training in sentencing before they can be appointed. The alternative would be a clerk to the magistrates . That is not judicial or magisterial; it is advising the bench on the law; and anyway requires the person to be a qualified solicitor or barrister and you have not purported to be either.

No doubt you can correct my error by saying what you do, but if you want to keep it a secret, that's a matter for you, of course.

[puddle-duck]

Every time I hear the name Van Rompuy I think of this video. :)

Who the hell is he? I never voted for him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dranqFntNgo

[FredPuli43]

On the topic of laws being not created by our parliament, most of our own laws that govern us have never been passed by Parliament. They are created by Statutory Instrument. Statutory instruments cover everything: from
the Criminal Procedure Rules, to the laws relating to the construction and use of motor vehicles (loads, lighting) etc, to the laws governing Heathrow Airport and much else, practically every area of life involving any law has some Instrument covering it. And these Instruments often create offences punishable by the criminal courts.

This is termed delegated legislation. It is not created by Parliament, but by bureaucrats in the relevant government department, the minister merely signing it. The one limit; the power to annul within 40 days,is almost never exercised by Parliament. The last instance of an instrument being annulled by the Commons was in 1979, and was about rules governing paraffin, and earlier instances are very rare.

Nearly all such Instruments are created because an Act of Parliament gives the minister the power to make them, this power being expressed in very broad terms e.g the minister shall make regulations concerning airports, or road traffic or whatever. What regulations are made pursuant to that is entirely a matter for the civil servants who draft them to be signed off by the minister

So next time someone complains about bureaucrats in Brussels, they might consider how undemocratic, though convenient, are the laws made by our bureaucrats

[Brenden]

I remember that video puddle duck, could not stop laughing at the delegates faces, good for you Nigel my sentiments entirely.

[FredPuli43]

Nice of Mr Farage to be taking a large salary and expenses from the organisation which he hates, has always intended Britain to be out of, for some of the reasons he cites in that speech. But, he seems to be content with doing so. Well, he was elected by proportional representation and that on a low turnout, so it was his best chance of being heard in any Parliament.

Of course, the Speaker in ours wouldn't have allowed him to say any such thing of an opponent, the Speaker ,or anyone holding similar office to this president in the House. (Parliamentary language, conventions, and Erskine May would rule it out)