At that stage, I suspect some GOP Senators will be taken aside and told, "Hello Senator Prodworthy... you know that bridge you wanted in your state, and the tax break for your local loggers you&… (View Post)

I understand the mentality of those people. They don't have a left-right mindset but are instead people who hate conventional politics and want to burn it down. They don't actually care tha… (View Post)

Corbyn's "bribes" (or "eye-catching pledges" if you prefer) were unsuccessful for a couple of reasons. Firstly, they generally targeted the wrong people - they were premised … (View Post)

That's true, but technically the monarch's power under the Septennial Act 1715 was not a prerogrative power precisely because Parliament had legislated to give it to the monarch. It was the… (View Post)

That's not correct, as the monarch's power to dissolve Parliament came under the Septennial Act 1715 (as amended to reduce from seven to five years under the Parliament Act 1911). The Septe… (View Post)