Abolition of Parliament Bill

[ciphergoth]

I thought word of this had already spread far and wide, but it seems not to have reached everyone, so here it is. Bizarrely, a bill nicknamed the "Abolition of Parliament Bill" that (indirectly) gives ministers the power to abolish Parliament and seize dictatorial powers in perpituity has not received much press attention.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legislative_and_Regulatory_Reform_Bill

This is being rushed through Parliament with one hour for debate. I kid you not.

http://saveparliament.org.uk/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enabling_Act

Comments

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

Keith Hill's bugger all use, he's the private secretary to Tony Blair and can't seem to act in any way because of it. Or perhaps that was merely a handy excuse to reject my request to consider signing the early day motion condemning violence against women (VAW) and calling for an integrated VAW strategy.

Whereabouts are you living then? You must be out south London, way near us?

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Brixton Hill - aren't you on my address filter? *goes to check*

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

Ah, we'll soon be neighbours then! Welcome to the south London posse of intelligent terrors :-)

[ergotia.livejournal.com]

Have you moved sweetie? We still owe you both a sunday dinner :)

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

We've not quite moved, but we will be doing so in the next 3 weeks - month. Our landlord and landlady have had unexpected financial trauma and need to reclaim our flat. Luckily we'll only be shifting a bit further up to Streatham Hill, perfectly within reach for Sunday lunches, last minute outings, picnics on the common and much more :-)

[ergotia.livejournal.com]

Fab :)

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

Oh you weren't - check my recent entries for my new address

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

It's ok, I could work out why I didn't know you'd moved. I'd somehow managed to completely bugger up everything, take you off default view and put you in all kinds of silly security groupings (do you really want to be in my diets group?!). Functionality now restored, and we must do drinks sometime, I believe I still have you memory card!

[wechsler.livejournal.com]

If you want to try and get him to explain himself sign up at http://www.hearfromyourmp.com/

[lovelybug.livejournal.com]

He is useless and you'd expect that from such a loyal Blairite. PPS's generally don't sign EDMs as they're not meant to associate themselves with 'particular groups advocating special policies'. However, quite a few of them signed the anti hunting EDMs, so they can get away with it. As with a lot of parliamentary stuff, it's a protocol thing rather than a hard and fast rule.

[ladycat.livejournal.com]

The thing that really bugs me is that because he has an extra special little job of his very own, his contituents voice in the democracy is gone. Gah!