Tradition is different from history

History tells you that a crucial part of our constitutional balance is the fact that the Crown surrendered executive power in return for money from Parliament (ie a share of tax revenues)

Posted By: Old Git on December 11th 2007 at 14:40:03

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Whilst on the subject of benefit scroungers (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 11, 14:32:12
- i was expecting a link to the student union page (n/m) (General Chat) - NCFC4life, Dec 11, 14:42:23
- Historical ignoramus (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:35:46
  - Indeed, trollers licence. (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 11, 14:42:34
    - Just trying to make sure that the impressionable young didn't take it seriously (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:45:29
      - Tha is very disappointing OG - I'm not defending the government, in fact (General Chat) - CB41, Dec 11, 14:53:14
        
        With added Eton (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:54:06
      - Quackanory (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:47:05
    - Just trying to make sure that the impressionable young didn't take it seriously (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:45:29
  - yeah but (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 11, 14:37:47
    - Tradition is different from history (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:40:03
      - ummmm OG (General Chat) - mike_the_sphinx, Dec 11, 22:59:09
      - He who writes history, owns history. (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 11, 14:45:35
        
        that Simon Schama's got a lot to answer for (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 11, 14:48:07
        
        Ooo, look who's been dipping into Reader's Digest this week (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:47:34
        
        I read nothing else, (General Chat) - tudders, Dec 11, 14:53:29
        
        And even then it's a fairly loose definition of "read". (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Dec 11, 14:57:37
        
        Eminem? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 11, 14:47:22
    - The only real tradition is that things must eventually change. (n/m) (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Dec 11, 14:39:30
    - in a million years time everyone's gonna wish they'd listened to me (General Chat) - pants, Dec 11, 14:38:55
      - in a million years time pantsbot will have taken over the World (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Dec 11, 14:40:39
- Bloody Immigrants (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Dec 11, 14:34:27
- Anyone see that programme about Edward being in the nazi party? (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Dec 11, 14:33:19
  - I thought you meant Prince Edward! (General Chat) - Garry Brooke, Dec 11, 14:42:17
  - What happened? (n/m) (General Chat) - Small, Dec 11, 14:39:04
    - They lost (General Chat) - Old Git, Dec 11, 14:40:24
    - he made a right old twonk out of himself and the Royal Family (General Chat) - pants, Dec 11, 14:40:23
      - he'd've been right if it'd've gone to pelanties though (n/m) (General Chat) - blindasabat, Dec 11, 14:42:44

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