Beach Hut
Brighton Bhuna Boy
ROSM said:appointed as what?
Clergyman
ROSM said:appointed as what?
ROSM said:You mean John Reid that many were touting as potential opponent to Gordon Brown as Labour Leader? Then this whole debate is null and void as there's obviously no problem.
Beach Hut said:Clergyman
ROSM said:and you ended up with Ernest as a friend
Beach Hut said:Wasn't Gummer the one who made his daughter eat a hamburger at the height of the BSE crisis ?
Dick Knights Mumm said:Apparently TB will become a catholic after he has left Downing Street - Cheri is, as must the kids having gone to the London Oratory.
But why would he wait to leave office - is there a stigma attached to being catholic, or would it have affected his popularity ?
Would it make any difference to anyone on NSC had he converted to catholicism before becoming PM - or whilst in office. Does it change your view of someone if you discover they are catholic ?
It looks odd to me - like he can only follow his conscience once he leaves office.
Dick Knights Mumm said:Is that can't - or is it convention ?
I am not sure they can afford to be picky.
The Act provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover — a granddaughter of James I of England, VI of Scotland, niece of Charles I of England and Scotland — and her Protestant descendants. Only the descendants of Sophia who were Protestant, and had not married a Roman Catholic, could succeed to the throne. Roman Catholics and those who marry Roman Catholics are barred from ascending the throne "for ever".
Tyrone Biggums said:It's officially the law of England.
The Act of Settlement 1701.
An antiquated biggoted law.
Tyrone Biggums said:It's officially the law of England.
The Act of Settlement 1701.
An antiquated biggoted law.
I'm at a loss to understand how anyone can interpret the Act of Settlement as providing for the monarch to owe loyalty to their subjects.Dandyman said:Or alternatively given that the head of state is unelected an Act that means the monarch owes their loyalty to their subjects not to a bead juggling foreign priest.
The Act of Settlement 1701.
The Act provided that the throne would pass to the Electress Sophia of Hanover
[/B][/QUOTE]Lord Bracknell said:I'm at a loss to understand how anyone can interpret the Act of Settlement as providing for the monarch to owe loyalty to their subjects.
In the wording that sounds more like a Glasgow Hun/Rangers fan than Dandyman.Dandyman said:Or alternatively given that the head of state is unelected an Act that means the monarch owes their loyalty to their subjects not to a bead juggling foreign priest.