Brown gives up the power to declare war

[Imran Siddiqui]

Maybe this means that Yorkshire should have its own Parliament too.

[Provost Harrison]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Well shall we wait for some other Yorkshiremen to arrive?

Let's. I won't settle for anything less than a ploughman from the Dales.

I didn't realise you were hungry

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I would also accept someone who lives upon the moors.

The King of Morocco?

[Kuciwalker]

No, Mauritania

[Drake Tungsten]

Maybe this means that Yorkshire should have its own Parliament too.

It should. It's God's own country.

I didn't realise you were hungry

Ploughman's with Wensleydale

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
No, Mauritania

The full quibble must include "lives upon", which I read as exploits, lives off of, etc.

[Provost Harrison]

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Let's face it, Scotland should be no more than a big county.

In cricket they play as a county in the English league.

[Cort Haus]

Originally posted by Patroklos
There was no declaration of war in the Falklands.

To return to this - yes, they don't bother declaring war these days, but what it boild down to is the right to go to war, declared or undeclared, without parliamentary consent.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by Patroklos
There was no declaration of war in the Falklands.

Given that the UK was the nation with sovereign land attacked and occupied, were you expecting the UK to declare war when the Argentians had already done so de facto?

[Odin]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

Some minor, insignificant province of the UK?

That "minor, insignificant province of the UK" has produced your last two prime ministers. Scotland pwns u.

And also gave the world the steam engine (James Watt) and classical economics (Adam Smith).

[LordShiva]

And also gave us Colours nightclub in Glasgow

[OzzyKP]

They still have a choice to make.

Like if China had invaded Hong Kong as they seemed close to a while back, would the UK have been considered to be a full scale war with China? No doubt they would have just said some strong words, urged sanctions at the UN and called it a day. If they actually declared war then they would have to actually back it up - which of course they would be unable and unwilling to do.

So yes, declaring war is still important.

[Dauphin]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
They still have a choice to make.

Like if China had invaded Hong Kong as they seemed close to a while back, would the UK have been considered to be a full scale war with China? No doubt they would have just said some strong words, urged sanctions at the UN and called it a day. If they actually declared war then they would have to actually back it up - which of course they would be unable and unwilling to do.

So yes, declaring war is still important.

Why does it have to be full scale?

During WW2 after the declaration of war by Britain and France almost bugger all happened for months on end.

Would a redeclaration of war been necessary when they planned to actually start some offensives?

[atomant]

Originally posted by BeBro
How will he achieve his evil neocolonialist and interventionist goals now?

Robert Mugabe will be upset, who else can he blame his poor situation on now that Blair has gone and his usccessor has abandoned his neocolonialist and interventist, imperialistic powers?