Rosie Winterton is a Deputy Speaker. (View Post)

We do have a constitution albeit an unwritten one. Numerous learned tomes have been written on it: you could make an easy and readable start with Walter Bagehot. It would be a truly moronic Monarch w… (View Post)

One final go and that's it from me. I can only do so much for King, country, party and pb. So, let's take your example. Suppose this was a Tory govt with a Commons majority who passed such … (View Post)

The inescapable conclusion from his comments is that HYFUD is arguably the site's most fervent republican. The notion that the Crown could veto legislation, irrespective of manifesto contents, b… (View Post)

"If the monarch says things most agree with, like on climate change, or even if they vetoed unpopular bills not in the government's manifesto, there would be no problem whatsoever. Either c… (View Post)