Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau for December 28, 2016
December 27, 2016
December 29, 2016
Transcript:
Speaker: Lordships! Over a century ago, William Gladstone shouted to his archrival, Disraeli, "Sir! You shall come to your end either on a gallows or of venereal disease!" To which Disraeli is said to have replied, "I should think that depends entirely on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress." What is it we are being asked to embrace here? Thatcher, the mistress of vested interests, or her principles? Faith, it matters little! The only conscionable vote is... nay! Zonker: Only 1,195 to go. Duke: I say, why don't we pop up to Scotland until our turn?
BE THIS GUY over 7 years ago
Or better yet, hop over to Paris for lunch and be back to London in time for tea.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 7 years ago
“What? and miss the best parts? I say thee, NAY”
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“The nays have it.”
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“What did I just do?”
The Brooklyn Accent over 7 years ago
“Oh, I can go down to the end of the town and be back in time for tea.”
Geophyzz over 7 years ago
If the first two panels are actual history, that is a world-class come-back.
montessoriteacher over 7 years ago
I wonder if there is a British version of cspan.
Bucinka over 7 years ago
About a five-hour train trip.
mourdac Premium Member over 7 years ago
Disraeli’s wit was second to none.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 7 years ago
timbob2313 said,
@Geophyzz
“Yep, actual history.Turns out that British commonocracy is far more Democratic than US,”
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In a way, yes; in a way, not so much.
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Their executive is their legislature but the House of Commons doesn’t treat all citizens the same and doesn’t actually constitute the entirety of the government.
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Their legislative members sometimes represent as many as 111,000 voters and as few as 22,000.
Definitely not “one man-one vote”. America varies too, but we come much closer to equity.
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And then there is the fact that the House of Commons can be blocked by the House of Lords, much like our Senate with the difference being that they don’t speak for even a particular state’s population, were not elected by the people, inherited their position, things like that.
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Other than that they are much more egalitarian.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN
(and we won’t even go there)
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“The typical size of constituencies differs between parts of the UK. The Office for National Statistics gives the median total parliamentary electorate across constituencies of about 72,400 in England, 69,000 in Scotland, 66,800 in Northern Ireland and 56,800 in Wales.”
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“In terms of population, the largest constituency is the Isle of Wight, with an electorate of 110,924 in 2010. The smallest is Na h-Eileanan an Iar (formerly Western Isles), whose 2010 electorate was 21,837.”
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/generalelection/general-election-2015-explained-seats-10222716.html