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A constitutional affront to our democracy

Posted by TonyTT on Thursday, 18 January 2007 18:20:23

David

Given the recent scandal involving the government and the Saudi Royal Family with regard to the BAE Typhoon deal I am amazed that no one seems to be thinking about it in the same way that I am, and I would like to know your views on it.

How can it be that in a democracy as mature as ours that the Government of the day has the power to stop or prevent a police criminal investigation without the need to have to go through either the judicial system, or through some committee on which sit our democratically elected representatives'. The mere fact that the government has this direct power under the catch-all phrase of "national security" is a constitutional anomaly that pushes into the boundaries of powers attributed to a dictatorship, not a democracy. Without the constitutional requirement for judicial or parliamentary oversight of some kind, there is in theory no barrier to prevent the government of the day from arbitrarily using this power anytime it wishes under the guise of national security.

As a conservative voter, I would like to ask your views on this, and whether any future Tory government with you as Prime Minister would legislate to change this constitutional affront to our democracy?

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Posted by davesubsea on Monday, 22 January 2007 13:45:30

As with Afghanistan, Iraq and Saudi Arabia

IT'S ALL ABOUT OIL

You don't want to upset the Saudi Royal Family, and the Bin Laden family do you?

We in Scotland certainly don't we export millions of pounds of equipment to Saudi Arabias oilfeilds, you
wouldn't like to lose the revenue on that we certainly don't do you?

Go on cancel the order ......... I DOUBLE DARE YOU!!!!

Posted by davesubsea on Monday, 22 January 2007 14:08:13

You see you have to look at it from a purely military point of view.. When Uncle Sam and Tory Blair or which ever British Prime Minister/Poodle join hands and invade Iran they need a base to operate from. They've already destroyed the infrastructure in Iraq (this is the no man's land) so they need Saudi's support to keep things stable in the middle east, God or Allah forbid the oil supply is disrupted.

So this is why all these nice shiny planes will be going to Saudi

By the way are you on Safari in Zambia?

Not much hunting in England now I believe.....

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