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Democracy leads to mob rule and mob rule, in turn changes over to despotism

"Democracy, according to Polybius, leads to mob rule and mob rule, in turn changes over to despotism". I was just reading up on the Roman Republic and came across this statement. It got me thinking,...
14:24 Thu 14th Oct 20042 answers, last by el duerino 11:09 Sat 16th Oct 2004
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What people read which newspaper

Does anyone remember the full quote of 'What people read which newspaper', I think it comes for Yes Minister, it was certainly quoted in it, from memory it goes something like:- The FT is read by...
10:33 Fri 14th May 20041 answer, last by thewillow 10:41 Fri 14th May 2004
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Did the Scottish Nationalist Fall into a Proportional Representation Trap?

It is nearly impossible for a country that uses PR to have a majority government. Is this what Labour have done in Scotland to maintain the Union? The SNP is the only main party that wants...
18:07 Mon 18th Nov 200212 answers, last by Spellmaster 00:04 Sat 23rd Nov 2002
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Parliamentary Three Line Whip

I know this is an order for MP's to vote a particular way but how did the term come about?
16:11 Tue 05th Nov 20024 answers, last by JohnPPotts 01:08 Mon 11th Nov 2002
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Princess Di in the BBC's top 10 Great Britons!

The BBC are running a series of programmes getting us to vote for the top 10 Greatest Britons of all time. Do you really think Princess Di should be in this top 10 list? I've got nothing against her...
10:33 Wed 23rd Oct 20027 answers, last by Einstein 14:04 Thu 24th Oct 2002
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Did Queen Victoria & Edward VII have a German Accents?

Did Queen Victoria have a German Accent? Just as it is claimed in 'Blackadder goes Fourth'. After all her Mother was German and as I understand it was a bit of a control freak. Also did she and her...
14:50 Tue 15th Oct 200210 answers, last by elsplendido 16:37 Thu 30th Jul 2015
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When did Lowland Scot's start speaking English?

When did Lowland Scot's start speaking English? The English & Scottish Crowns unified in 1603 in the form of James IV /I. As far as I'm aware James IV/I spoke English (or at least 'Scots' which is a...
13:03 Tue 15th Oct 20024 answers, last by Quizmonster 08:10 Wed 16th Oct 2002

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