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  • He confined the elective franchise to himself, creating what he called Parliaments for the sole purpose of making them ridiculous, and then turning out his mock-legislators with contempt.

    The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Jane West 1805

  • Every Treaty since then has cut national Parliaments from the deal with all the efficiency of a cancer surgeon removing malignant tumours.

    Archive 2007-10-14 2007

  • Really, what most people mean at the moment when they talk about fixed-term Parliaments is that they think after four years, this government's had it and they want an election now.

    Fixed-term Parliaments: not the answer 2009

  • Head of Legal: Fixed-term Parliaments: not the answer skip to main

    Fixed-term Parliaments: not the answer 2009

  • At least we do not have fixed-term Parliaments like David Howarth wants! so if conscience ever gets to Brown et al or to sufficient numbers of parliamentarians, the government can end.

    Lame Duck Government Syndrome Mark Reckons 2009

  • As that will be the usual eyewash, this role of the National Parliaments is as much use as a dead parrot.

    Archive 2007-10-14 2007

  • Every Treaty since then has cut national Parliaments from the deal with all the efficiency of a cancer surgeon removing malignant tumours.

    Weasel Words From Loveable Bunny 2007

  • The first objection which may be raised to fixed Parliaments is a practical one which imports a state of affairs so awful that it ought to be enough per se to end forthwith any further discussion.

    The Fixed-Term Panacea 2007

  • As that will be the usual eyewash, this role of the National Parliaments is as much use as a dead parrot.

    Weasel Words From Loveable Bunny 2007

  • The first objection which may be raised to fixed Parliaments is a practical one which imports a state of affairs so awful that it ought to be enough per se to end forthwith any further discussion.

    Archive 2007-10-07 2007

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