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16-01-2019, 07:04 PM
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Good idea but make sure it goes off next time!
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16-01-2019, 07:19 PM
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Semtex is more efficient than gunpowder, you don't need as much of it.

Blowing up the Palace of Westminster could be saving some £6 Billion in repair bills. If it can be arranged during the state opening of parliament, not only do you get rid Mrs Windsor, but all the members of the House of Lords too, thus allowing us to revolutionise our constitution, get rid of the monarchy, get rid of the House of Lords, establish an elected second chamber with a directly elected President too.

Sod the president idea, we might end up with a Trump. Get back to the Senate idea as per the ancient Romans with selected representatives that will act for the common good and not for themselves. None of this constituency shite, select them from all walks of life preferably those who have actually worked for a living.
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16-01-2019, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Judd ->
Sod the president idea, we might end up with a Trump. Get back to the Senate idea as per the ancient Romans with selected representatives that will act for the common good and not for themselves. None of this constituency shite, select them from all walks of life preferably those who have actually worked for a living.

Errrmmm - who's to do the selecting??? You??? and who are you, - what right do you have to dictate who can or cannot be a representaive??? - what you are proposing is yet another dictatorship. The represententatives need to be ELECTED and consequently we need constituencies.
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16-01-2019, 07:36 PM
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If someone did attempt to blow up the Houses Of Parliament, they would not be tortured for days, hanged, drawn and quartered like Guy Fawkes was. They would go to a cushy jail with all mod cons paid for by us!
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16-01-2019, 07:42 PM
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I think treason still has the death penalty, guys.

Apparently not, it's life imprisonment, but only if you are caught.
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16-01-2019, 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Joe ->
Errrmmm - who's to do the selecting??? You??? and who are you, - what right do you have to dictate who can or cannot be a representaive??? - what you are proposing is yet another dictatorship. The represententatives need to be ELECTED and consequently we need constituencies.
Who's dictating? That's Joe Stalin's choice of government, not mine.

People who think they could do the job would put themselves forward explaining why they could be a good choice of candidate and after all the interested candidates have made themselves known, the public would vote for who would go into the Senate. The terms would be fixed and the candidates could be reselected by votes if they've done a good job or be replaced by other people after another public vote.

We don't need constituencies as the senate members would act on behalf of the whole country not just the locations where they live.
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16-01-2019, 10:35 PM
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Re: Do we need another Gunpowder plot ?

Originally Posted by Uncle Joe ->
Semtex is more efficient than gunpowder, you don't need as much of it.

Blowing up the Palace of Westminster could be saving some £6 Billion in repair bills. If it can be arranged during the state opening of parliament, not only do you get rid Mrs Windsor, but all the members of the House of Lords too, thus allowing us to revolutionise our constitution, get rid of the monarchy, get rid of the House of Lords, establish an elected second chamber with a directly elected President too.
Ahh an expert...how much Semtex would a an old armchair anarchist like you need to do the job? Or are you just full of the wind again?
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16-01-2019, 10:43 PM
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I think treason still has the death penalty, guys.

Apparently not, it's life imprisonment, but only if you are caught.
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16-01-2019, 10:45 PM
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Nobody said Parliament had to be occupied when it is blown up.
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16-01-2019, 10:47 PM
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Not much point blowing it up then
 
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