Talk:Parliament

The article suggests that most parliaments in the world follow the British model in all detail. Outside of the English-speaking world this is nonsense. Which non-anglo-saxon "lower houses" are called "House of Represenatives"? In which countries does the head of state formally open and close parliament? In which countries does the upper house only approve bills? Certainly not in Germany, France, Switzerland, Russia,...

This article really should be renamed "British Parliament".--80.219.127.198 00:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

A NEW ARGUEMENT! Talk:Parliament of Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. You have new messages. Jump to: navigation, search [edit] From CusaM2@aol.com It can be argued at British Constitutional Law that since the provisions of the Treaty of Limerick [by which the Soverignity of Ireland was offered to the English Army and Parliament] and agreed for The Orange Prince by General Ginkel and others, were not implemented by the Orange Prince, it can be argued that Ireland in Law remained a seperate Stuart Kingdom. King Henry IX of the Three Kingdoms was alive in 1801 [dod 1807] and did not sign the Act of Union above. therefore it was null and void and ultra vires King George of England and Scotland. This arguement is based upon Stuart Crown Service to the British Kingdoms being of equal [I would say higher] validity to Guelph/Georgian. When King Henry IX died in 1807 the Stuart successors relinquished any claim to a British Crown. But the Act of Union [so called] being void and the Treaty of Limerick not implemented in favour of Land theft in Ireland, Ireland remained a seperate Kingdom. The Good Friday referendum of all Ireland is the first constitutionally sound legislation in Ireland since the Papal Theft of Ireland was nullified by King Henry VIII Corpus Christi Legislation 1541. It shall give Queen Elizabeth II's dynasty a lawful presence in Ireland for the first time. Michael Patrick Cusack.

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this page really wants some good history of the english/french parliaments, ~1000-1900. if i had time ...

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I don't think it's appropriate to redirect British Parliament here. There are many different parliaments in the world. -- Montréalais

I agree - this article should be about parliaments in general and the British Parliament should have its own article. --mav

I agree. I was very surprised to find there was no article on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Maybe a mention of a "parliament of owls", too? ;-) -- Zoe

I don't think it is correct to say that Congress is the opposite of Parliament, since they have more in common than not. AJK 15:50, 17 May 2004 (UTC)[reply]

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Why does the first image have the caption 'The Dutch Parliament' but the alternate text reads 'Swiss Federal Council'? Which is correct? Deus Ex 18:17, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

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what is the role of the position of president in the parliamentary system?? --Oldman 14:31, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The party that can win the most seats in the House of Commons forms the government, and the party leader becomes the Prime Minister and head of government.

This statement sounds like complete nonsense to American ears. Does the term "the government" have a special meaning or technical meaning here?? What does it mean for "a party to form the government"? YOU might know what it means, if you're British, but this is not explained well at all in the article. Revolver 07:50, 8 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Revolver, having noticed a few of these comments from you on talk pages related to politics and government I can't help but ask if you're being deliberately bloody-minded. Isn't it patently obvious from the context that "the government" in this sense is what Americans might call "the administration"? There is no special or technical meaning here at all. If a party forms the government it means that party supplies the ministers who run the country. All this is explained clearly in the article. — Trilobite (Talk) 15:05, 10 May 2005 (UTC)[reply]

--- I think it is wrong to say that Parliament is a small vegetable, and I take great offence to anyone that believes that it is.

Numbers Game

I was shocked to read there are 574 lifetime members of the British parliament. Especially when compared to the statement in the following paragraph that the "upper house has anywhere from 20 to 100 seats". Are these figures correct because the following two paragraphs from the article seem at odds...

The House of Commons is composed of over 600 members....The House of Lords is a body of...unelected members: 92 of whom inherit their seats and 574 of whom have been appointed to lifetime seats.

A parliament's lower house is usually composed of at least 200 members, in countries with populations of over 3 million. The number of seats rarely exceeds 400, even in very large countries. The upper house customarily has anywhere from 20, 50, or 100 seats, but almost always significantly fewer than the lower house. ----