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

[zotz]

It's exactly the same process - and, coincidentally, exactly the same precedent overturned - as happened when intramarital rape became criminal.

[lovingboth]

Hmmm, Clarence was certainly referenced in that, but a) he wasn't charged with rape, and b) the theory that it wasn't criminal predates it by ooh ages (you can tell I'm away from my notes on this, can't you?)

The Law Commission were using Clarence approvingly in terms of the nature of consent as recently as 2000, eight years after RvR, and six years after the Act that confirmed that marital rape was rape.