tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post5803561198423476930..comments2024-03-28T09:36:30.991+00:00Comments on David Lindsay: ImputableDavid Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-34012957254001122412009-08-27T12:28:31.199+01:002009-08-27T12:28:31.199+01:00John, I don't know why you would want Scottish...John, I don't know why you would want Scottish independence. It would be very bad for the Catholics in Scotland, except perhaps the distinct population in the Highlands and Islands. Not for nothing did the SNP win the Holyrood set with Ibrox in it.<br /><br />Will, in theory; but the Law Lords keep it going, for the very good reason that they are paid to.<br /><br />As for "The current law lords /future supreme court justices are now, in fact, forbidden from taking their seats in the Lords as long as their term as supreme court justices continues" - I know, isn't the whole thing too ridiculous for words? Not properly thought out, of course.<br /><br />How we could ever get rid of it is altogether another matter. "Supreme" means exactly that. No longer Members of Parliament, they will have no compunction in simply striking down any statute that they didn't like. And no one will be able to do anything about it.David Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06839882674758833524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-26573256609404788172009-08-27T09:34:49.962+01:002009-08-27T09:34:49.962+01:00David, a judge doesn't need to be a member of ...David, a judge doesn't need to be a member of the House of Lords to sit in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. They need only be a Privy Counsellor. Plenty of non-peers have sat as members before. The current law lords /future supreme court justices are now, in fact, forbidden from taking their seats in the Lords as long as their term as supreme court justices continues.Willnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25656996.post-79263189116091169282009-08-26T22:08:46.315+01:002009-08-26T22:08:46.315+01:00Exactly right.
Devolution is a constitiutional non...Exactly right.<br />Devolution is a constitiutional nonsense.<br />Which is why the experiment will fail. <br />Either Scotland becomes re-integrated into the "UK" or gains full independence.<br />Either of those is logical. You and I obviously differ on our hopes for the outcome.JohnJGMooneynoreply@blogger.com