"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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"Seanie O'Kilfoyle" wrote:
"David Boothroyd" wrote in message
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"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,


Could that be construed as "Voting itself out of Existence" perhaps Bettie ?

Hmmmm ?

Think about it now.........


but itself continued
until Oliver Cromwell dissolved it.

Yeah coz as der new "king" fing, dat wuz 'iz job innit


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.



Are You Sure Bettie ?

Are you sure that Bettie Pedant "Smartie-pants" Boothroyd didn't perhaps
get it wrong, maybe, perchance, mayhaps ?

I thought you "Knew about these things" Bettie?

"The Act of Union of English and Scottish parliaments was proclaimed on May
1 1707, in which Scotland was formally united with England to form Great
Britain. In doing so, the Scottish Parliament voted itself out of existence"

"As every student of modern Irish history knows, the treaty that set up the
Irish Free State was narrowly passed by the 32-county Dail that considered
itself the government of the Republic of Ireland. By passing this treaty,
the Dail in essence voted itself out of existence to be replaced by a
newly-formed 26-county Dail. The IRA split over the treaty with the
supporters becoming the Free State army and the remainder of the IRA going
on to fight their former comrades and lose in the Irish Civil War."

"far sighted Protestants began to consider that their ascendancy could only
be maintained in a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The
rebellion of the United Irishmen in 1798 convinced the government of the
need for change. When its first Bill of Union was rejected by the Irish
house of commons, the government embarked on a cynical programme of bribery,
buying votes with offers of titles, government posts and compensation. In
1800, dressed in Volunteer uniform, an ailing Grattan begged the commons not
to agree to the Union. For once his oratory was in vain, and parliament
voted itself out of existence."

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THERE !

Ner nee Ner !