Britain's army is simply too small and meagerly funded to continue a fight on two fronts.
it is better that Britain concentrates on one, and the one might as well be the front with the most public backing.
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Britain's army is simply too small and meagerly funded to continue a fight on two fronts.
it is better that Britain concentrates on one, and the one might as well be the front with the most public backing.
Just to further illuminate what Pannonian has already written, the power to declare war is a royal prerogative - that is, a power retained by the monarch but invariably exercised by the Prime Minister (who supposedly shares the decision with Cabinet, but not necessarily in recent regimes). The Prime Minister is accountable to Parliament, but since by definition, he/she is the leader of the largest party, the PM can usually rely on their support. (To hold the PM accountable would, as Pannonian notes, lead to them putting their own seats at risk via the inevitable general election).Quote:
Originally Posted by Odin
Tony Blair asking Parliament to support his action before taking it was a fairly major breach of convention. Oddly, he never actually needed to make up dossiers to convince MPs - he could just have gone ahead anyway.
In brief, for this and several other purposes, the Prime Minister of Great Britain has monarchial powers. They also own several kinds of fish.
I was not being facetious.
If they do not wish to continue supporting this mission, then they should be allowed to leave.
We should not unduly exert ourselves to persuade them to remain.
Sorry, "force" was a poor choice of phrasing.
Well, anyway, if the new French President carries on his way, US will have the Foreign Legion and the Chasseurs Alpins soon as the British troops will be leaving…:furious3:
I believe that Gordon Brown has given up the power to be able to use the Royal Perogative. Damn good thing too.
The British Armed Forces needs massive investment. I would suggest a large slice of Social Security budget gets given to them. With the money wages, equipment and personnel numbers can be increased, as well as encouraging people to go for the jobs in the first place.
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Have you a link to that?Quote:
Originally Posted by rory_20_uk
As far as I recall, he has agreed to allow Parliament a prior vote (and to be bound by its decision) should there ever be a need to declare war - but that's his choice only. In my understanding of the constitution, he cannot give up any aspect of the Royal Prerogative because it is not a power he has unto his office. The power belongs to the Crown, and as PM he merely exercises it on her behalf (by advising Her Majesty to go to war).
Thus a future PM is not bound by his decision.
In that case I might be misinformed... So he's promising us that he'll choose to ask... unless he doesn't want to for reasons such as they might say no... :wall:
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I'd rather France send excellent units like that to Afghanistan to reinforce their current troops there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brenus
I don't know, he's also said he's going to hand over the power to create Bishops to the Church. That probably has something with the previous holder of his office being as Catholic as Charles II.Quote:
Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost