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Old 02-05-2008, 02:04 AM   #28 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BonnieDundee View Post
I'm far more Cornish than you.
So? Why does that matter? I don't claim to have any more right to decide the future of Somerset than others who live there.

If we're going to play these games then England conquered Cornwall centuries ago and as such has the right to govern it.

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The debate is simply that the Westminister parliament has long overrideen such constitutionality in an orgy of legislative absolutism. It went the way of the royal prerogative.
Parliament has every right to alter the Constitution. Ever heard of Parliamentary Sovereignty?
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