Month: September 2004
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New Restriction on Legislators-for-Life
The time for which unelected legislators-for-life may delay laws passed by elected legislators is likely to be limited after the general election, according to a report in the Financial Times. The newspaper reported that this was the most likely restriction on the so-called Lords’ powers to be included in the Labour Party manifesto. The legislators-for-life…
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Three Steps to Republic Proposed By Australian Senate
The Australian Senate Legal & Constitutional Affairs Committee has recommended in its report The Road To A Republic that any future move to make Australia a republic should have three stages. The first step would be a plebiscite on the principle of becoming a republic. If a majority favoured a republic there would be a…
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BBC “Imperial” Says Labour MP
Labour MP Derek Wyatt has said that giving the BBC a new ten-year charter would be “folly”. In an article in the Financial Times the House of Common culture committee member says that the state media giant should be treated as “any other utility” with its funding reviewed by the Treasury every three years. Mr.…