David Boothroyd wrote:

I was impressed with Frank Maloney's pledge to abolish the GLA. The
Mayor is part of the GLA so if he was elected he'd abolish himself.

It's the same with the UKIP and BNP candidates for the European
Parliament. What are they going to do if they are actually elected? Work
to abolish the organisation they are paid to be a part of?

"Stuart" wrote in message
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David Boothroyd wrote:

I was impressed with Frank Maloney's pledge to abolish the GLA. The
Mayor is part of the GLA so if he was elected he'd abolish himself.

It's the same with the UKIP and BNP candidates for the European
Parliament.

No it's NOT

Frank want's to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again) by throwing less money at career politicians who get
paid to have a meeting about their last meeting


What are they going to do if they are actually elected? Work
to abolish the organisation they are paid to be a part of?


Yes, they work to assert the will of the people, they couldn't abolish it
from the outside could they

It wouldn't be the first time a parliament had voted itself out of existence
remember 1640summat ?

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"Yanart Amin Ari" wrote:
"Stuart" wrote in message
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David Boothroyd wrote:

I was impressed with Frank Maloney's pledge to abolish the GLA. The
Mayor is part of the GLA so if he was elected he'd abolish himself.

It's the same with the UKIP and BNP candidates for the European
Parliament.

No it's NOT

Frank want's

He obviously needs to start educating his supporters in English grammar.

to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again)

Is it pedantry to point out that the Poll Tax was abolished in 1993, or
is it accuracy?

by throwing less money at career politicians who get
paid to have a meeting about their last meeting

The job of the Assembly is to perform a check on the Mayor. There's
something very disturbing about someone getting rid of the only
organisation that is really able to check up on them.

It wouldn't be the first time a parliament had voted itself out of existence
remember 1640summat ?

You obviously don't remember anything about it because no Parliament
voted itself out of existence in the 1640s.

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"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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"Yanart Amin Ari" wrote:
"Stuart" wrote in message
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David Boothroyd wrote:

I was impressed with Frank Maloney's pledge to abolish the GLA. The
Mayor is part of the GLA so if he was elected he'd abolish himself.

It's the same with the UKIP and BNP candidates for the European
Parliament.

No it's NOT

Frank want's

He obviously needs to start educating his supporters in English grammar.

to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again)

Is it pedantry to point out that the Poll Tax was abolished in 1993, or
is it accuracy?

by throwing less money at career politicians who get
paid to have a meeting about their last meeting

The job of the Assembly is to perform a check on the Mayor. There's
something very disturbing about someone getting rid of the only
organisation that is really able to check up on them.

It wouldn't be the first time a parliament had voted itself out of
existence
remember 1640summat ?

You obviously don't remember anything about it because no Parliament
voted itself out of existence in the 1640s.


You really ARE a PEDANT aint you Betty

Smart I like, SMART-ARSED I don't

I'm sure you *Know* which parliament I mean, if you can't be arsed to swot
up on the date why should I ?

Have a wonderful day and do try not to **** too many people off

innit

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"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
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"Yanart Amin Ari" wrote:

It wouldn't be the first time a parliament had voted itself out
of existence remember 1640summat ?

You obviously don't remember anything about it because no Parliament
voted itself out of existence in the 1640s.

You really ARE a PEDANT aint you Betty

"Pedant" is an insult directed at the accurate from the inaccurate.

I'm sure you *Know* which parliament I mean, if you can't be arsed to swot
up on the date why should I ?

There was no such Parliament. The Short Parliament was dissolved by
Charles I in 1640. The Long Parliament immediately passed a Bill to
make it impossible for the King to dissolve it unless it consented.
In 1648/9 the House of Commons abolished one branch of Parliament by
chopping its head off, and the other by a vote, but itself continued
until Oliver Cromwell dissolved it. Cromwell's experimental
Parliaments were dissolved shortly after they were called. After the
restoration the remains of the Long Parliament were resummoned as the
only legitimate Parliament, and then consented to their dissolution -
but this was followed by an immediate election.

So which was this Parliament which voted itself out of existence?

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"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Yanart Amin Ari" wrote:

It wouldn't be the first time a parliament had voted itself out
of existence remember 1640summat ?

You obviously don't remember anything about it because no Parliament
voted itself out of existence in the 1640s.

You really ARE a PEDANT aint you Betty

"Pedant" is an insult directed at the accurate from the inaccurate.

I'm sure you *Know* which parliament I mean, if you can't be arsed to
swot
up on the date why should I ?

There was no such Parliament. The Short Parliament was dissolved by
Charles I in 1640. The Long Parliament immediately passed a Bill to
make it impossible for the King to dissolve it unless it consented.
In 1648/9 the House of Commons abolished one branch of Parliament by
chopping its head off, and the other by a vote, but itself continued
until Oliver Cromwell dissolved it. Cromwell's experimental
Parliaments were dissolved shortly after they were called. After the
restoration the remains of the Long Parliament were resummoned as the
only legitimate Parliament, and then consented to their dissolution -
but this was followed by an immediate election.

So which was this Parliament which voted itself out of existence?


You're the smart arse, you tell us ...

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"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
I'm sure you *Know* which parliament I mean, if you can't be arsed
to swot up on the date why should I ?

There was no such Parliament. The Short Parliament was dissolved by
Charles I in 1640. The Long Parliament immediately passed a Bill to
make it impossible for the King to dissolve it unless it consented.
In 1648/9 the House of Commons abolished one branch of Parliament by
chopping its head off, and the other by a vote, but itself continued
until Oliver Cromwell dissolved it. Cromwell's experimental
Parliaments were dissolved shortly after they were called. After the
restoration the remains of the Long Parliament were resummoned as the
only legitimate Parliament, and then consented to their dissolution -
but this was followed by an immediate election.

So which was this Parliament which voted itself out of existence?

You're the smart arse, you tell us ...

OK, I'll tell you: you got it wrong.

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"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again)

Is it pedantry to point out that the Poll Tax was abolished in 1993, or
is it accuracy?


pedantTechnically neither, given that 'poll tax' was only ever an
unofficial term of reference./pedant

BTN

"Ben Nunn" wrote in message
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"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again)

Is it pedantry to point out that the Poll Tax was abolished in 1993, or
is it accuracy?


pedantTechnically neither, given that 'poll tax' was only ever an
unofficial term of reference./pedant

BTN



Haha !

There *IS* Justice in the world

Ben, you have beaten down a pedant with sheer pedantry

I doff my cap to you Sir !

Mwahahahahahar

Like yer shtyle !

PS, Now then Bettie, NER NER NEE NER NER !

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"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
"Ben Nunn" wrote in message
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"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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to lower the cost of Londoners Poll Tax ( don't give me that
pedantry **** again)

Is it pedantry to point out that the Poll Tax was abolished in 1993, or
is it accuracy?

pedantTechnically neither, given that 'poll tax' was only ever an
unofficial term of reference./pedant

Haha !

It was however given official sanction when the Department of the
Environment sent a leaflet to every household entitled "The Community
Charge (the so-called 'Poll Tax')". A Poll Tax is a tax levied at the
same rate on every individual and the Community Charge essentially
fits within that definition. It was therefore a Poll Tax.

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