Dori A Schmetterling wrote:
> The House of Lords is our 'Supreme Court' as well although there has been
> talk of a reform.
>
> Unfortunately we now have something very 'un-British' and sinister, an
> equivalent to a department/ministry of justice (Department for
> Constitutional Affairs)
>
> http://www.dca.gov.uk/consult/supremecourt/
>
> However, a separate supreme court for the whole of the UK may not be such a
> bad idea, given the grip any prime minister has on the country.
>
> I don't know if you have heard the epithet used to describe the UK system:
> elected dictatorship
>
> If the Lords disagree with the government (e.g. throwing out the
> government's identity card proposals three times in the past week) the
> government can (and does) ultimately override the Lords. Ok, the Lords are
> not elected (not even indirectly), but that could be dealt with, but an
> independent court could be a good thing.
>
> The Lords objected to the Supreme Court
> http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...8&id=274072004
Nice links.
Since I am not British my opinion is not relevent but from what
little
I understand of the subject there is a widespread belief that the
current
system works fine and I would hope that they are cautious and avoid
making
things worse out of some desire to conform to a foreign ideal.
I could use an SLR.
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