@UniOfHull legislative studies alumnus. Focus on bicameralism,electoral systems & constitutional structures. Techie and foodie. INTP. Likes=bookmarks≠approval.
Joined December 2012
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Patrick G retweeted
Jun 14
Emperor Naruhito of Japan and King Willem-Alexander are watching the NED-JAP match from hunting castle Het Oude Loo in Apeldoorn.
On Wednesday, the Japanse imperial couple will officially begin their state visit to the Netherlands.
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Jun 12
I know I am being a bit pernickety and precise, and am aware that the OP is a former shadow Attorney General and a senior barrister, but the Accession Council did not "choose the next King of England", it merely affirmed the succession of the Crown of the UK as prescribed by law.
Jun 12
Hi Frances, I know it was 4 yrs ago, but your memory lets you down. You asked to see me on the day that I attended the Privy Council to choose the next King of England.
My minion, as you called her, apologised & offered other dates.
Not a coward, just busy - like many women👑
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Jun 12
At least one NHS hospital disagrees strongly with the Protestant Reformation.
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Jun 12
Youtube recommendations sometimes redeem themselves.
This reinterpretation of the William Tell Overture by a US high school choir is imaginative and funny.
youtube.com/watch?v=LlsP6zZg…
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Jun 6
@ReadyHarvest This thread about the classification of the LDS Church, including one post calling it "white Islam", may interest you.
Jun 6
Under new military guidance from Pete Hegseth, the LDS Church is officially classified as a non-Christian religion.
My fellow Saints, you can love these Christian nationalists all you want, but they will not love you back.
military.com/dod-officially-…
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May 28
The ECJ recently forced Poland to accept gay marriage.
Can the ECJ force EU member-states to allow first-cousin marriage as well, at least first cousin marriage conducted legally in states that allow it?
What about the ECHR?
Are any legal challenges planned?
May 27
🇸🇪 Sweden’s ban on 1st cousin marriage past their Parliament yesterday
🇳🇴 Norway has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇦🇹 Austria has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇧🇬 Bulgaria has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇷🇴 Romania has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇦🇱 Albania has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇺🇦 Ukraine has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇧🇦 Bosnia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇭🇷 Croatia has banned 1st cousin marriage 🇷🇸 Serbia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇲🇰 North Macedonia has banned 1st cousin marriage
🇩🇰 Denmark is in the process of a ban with legislation going through Parliament now
🇺🇸 Increasing numbers of US States are banning 1st cousin marriage
🇪🇸 🇮🇹 🇵🇹 🇲🇹 🇬🇷 🇨🇾 In Spain, Italy, Portugal, Malta, Greece & Cyprus where the Catholic & Orthodox Churches are very dominant there religious restrictions up to 4th Cousins
It’s time for 🇬🇧 to catch up and ban 1st cousin marriage and their recognition
riksdagen.se/en/news/article…
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May 26
The irony of this thread is that the sarcasm of the original post has passed the American responders by completely.
May 25
Americans explaining to Brits how 26 °C (79 °F) isn’t hot while living in air conditioned detached houses made of wood.
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May 26
German railways are self-contradictary.
It's "trans"port, but every train platform is binari.
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Patrick G retweeted
May 23
Si vous êtes à Rome, n'oubliez pas que demain, 24 mai, le Panthéon se remplira de milliers de pétales de roses.
L’un des rites les plus évocateurs et spectaculaires de Rome revient à l’occasion de la Pentecôte.
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ده يمكن أحسن فيديو اتعمل لإعلان قائمة كأس العالم
النرويج لما حبت تعلن قائمة المنتخب بعد العودة للمونديال لأول مرة من 28 سنة… راحوا للملك بنفسه
الملك هارالد الخامس صاحب الـ89 سنة وملك النرويج من 1991 هو اللي أعلن القائمة في فيديو رائع من أول ثانية لآخر ثانية
الفيديو بدأ بلقطة هادية للملك داخل مكتبه، وبعدها الكاميرا بدأت تلف في كل مكان في النرويج… مواني، مصانع، شوارع، جبال، قطارات، صيادين، عمال، ناس عادية بتمثل روح البلد
ومع كل شخص يظهر، تكتشف إنه لابس قميص لاعب من الـ26 لاعب اللي رايحين يمثلوا المنتخب في كأس العالم
تسويق جميل للنرويج نفسها، وتكريم لكل جزء فيها، ولكل شخص عادي ممكن يشوف نفسه في المنتخب ده
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May 22
Never expected to come across an actual wurst-kase scenario in a supermarket.
Any guesses where am I?
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Patrick G retweeted
May 18
Fun fact... One of the Chiltern Hundreds is called Burnham
NEW: Josh Simons is no longer the MP for Makerfield.
"The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed Joshua Cameron Simons to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern."
gov.uk/government/news/three…
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May 18
Canada also has a (sea) border with France (St Pierre et Miquelon).
Thus, like Germany, Canada is sandwiched between France and Denmark.
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May 18
I think the salary is exactly the London living wage (£14.80 per hour, assuming a working week of 37.5 hours a week).
The job is essentially being diary secretary to the Chief Secretary/chief of staff to the UK Prime Minister, and comes with late hours on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Whenever you hear people wanting to move the British Parliament to any other part of the realm, this is one of the major roadblocks.
Utter pittance of a pay for what essentially locks out anyone that doesn't live in a SW postcode area.
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May 12
While he is indeed the male line descendant of Oswald Mosley, the Ravensdale peerage was created for Lord Curzon, the former Viceroy of India.
His daughter married Oswald Mosley and the title passed through her to her and Oswald's son, Nicholas.
Daniel Mosley, 4th Baron Ravensdale Facts for Kids share.google/wLHdn5vlgDOAbZP…
A great day for Sir Oswald Mosley's descendants. His great grandson Lord Ravensdale is a hereditary peer, but has now been given a life peerage.
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Patrick G retweeted
May 11
Hi UK friends, for a preview of what weird things arise when you have a first-past-the-post system but a breakdown of a two-party vote preference, please examine the double-layered coalition of the Malaysian Dewan Rakyat. The Crown may also play a more active role for stability.
Apr 9
I feel like Malaysian federal politics is even more fractal and inscrutable. These are the parties. They are in two layers of coalition. Yes they're all known by acronyms.
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Patrick G retweeted
May 12
Here's my interactive map of last week's local election in London showing every candidate for every ward in every borough - all in one place.
smallsites.london/Election20…
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May 12
I am delighted to see the Earl Howe make the list.
From memory (and @AmIRightSir can confirm), Lord Howe has been on the front bench of the Lords since 1991, the longest continuous such presence in decades.
He is highly regarded in the Lords for his emollient approachability.
May 12
Confirmed: 26 hereditary peers will return to the Lords as lifers.
Labour Party
Stephen Benn, The Viscount Stansgate
Christopher John Suenson-Taylor, The Lord Grantchester
Crossbenchers
Charles Wellesley, The Duke of Wellington OBE DL
Nicholas le Poer Trench, The Earl of Clancarty
Charles Colville, The Viscount Colville of Culross
Richard Denison, The Lord Londesborough
Simon Russell, The Lord Russell of Liverpool
Daniel Mosley, The Lord Ravensdale
Godfrey Bewicke-Copley, The Lord Cromwell
Richard Gilbey, The Lord Vaux of Harrowden
John Pakington, The Lord Hampton
Conservative Party
Sebastian Grigg, The Lord Altrincham
Mark Cubitt, The Lord Ashcombe
William Stonor, The Lord Camoys
Jonathan Berry, The Viscount Camrose
Patrick Courtown, The Earl of Courtown
Rupert Ponsonby, The Lord de Mauley KCVO TD FCA
Edward Effingham, The Earl of Effingham
Giles Goschen, The Viscount Goschen
Jasset Ormsby-Gore, The Lord Harlech
The Rt Hon Frederick Penn, The Earl Howe GBE PC
Timothy Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, The Earl of Minto
Colin Moynihan, The Lord Moynihan
Aeneas Mackay, The Lord Reay
Massey Lopes, The Lord Roborough
The Rt Hon Thomas Galbraith, The Lord Strathclyde CH PC
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May 12
Annoyingly I can't respond in the usual way to this tweet.
While a defeat on the King's Speech will likely lead to the end of this government, it does not automatically lead to a dissolution and a GE.
x.com/genesian61/status/2054…
Yes. It would be a quick legal way to a Dissolution & a GE. A government falls automatically if it can't get its King's Speech through Parliament. We'll see.
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Sir Keir could resign and advise the the appointment of another member of the Labour Party as Prime Minister.
So long as the King is convinced that that person will have the confidence of the Commons (which the Opposition can always test), that person becomes the Prime Minister.
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May 12
The UK does not have the concept of an interim or a deputy Prime Minister.
The person so appointed will be the King's Prime Minister as long as they maintain the confidence of the Commons or until they resign (due to intra party events).
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