Brown gives up the power to declare war
 

How will he achieve his evil neocolonialist and interventionist goals now? http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ilies/cute.gif

So would that mean the Queen could declare war on her own volition again?

Or the future King Charles http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/scared.gif

Yet another check on English aggressors. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
Yet another check on English aggressors. http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif Tony Blair was technically Scottish.

Tony Blair was technically Scottish.

The Scottish may be your leaders now, but the English are the ones with the history of aggression. I'm sure that's why Brown is doing this, to keep the English in check.

He should need approval from the Scottish parliament, too

QFT http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

There was no declaration of war in the Falklands.

Honestly, when was the last time a country actually issued a declaration of war?

Some minor, insignificant province of the UK?

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

Originally posted by LordShiva
Plus, they have a brand new multi-million pound parliament building http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif Three years late and at £431m cost 10 times over budget

Originally posted by LordShiva
Plus, they have a brand new multi-million pound parliament building http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif Wow, that is one heavy building.

People from Hull claiming to speak for the rest of Yorkshire... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
People from Hull claiming to speak for the rest of Yorkshire... http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ons/icon13.gif http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...s/neeschud.gif Well shall we wait for some other Yorkshiremen to arrive?

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 would also accept someone who lives upon the moors.

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 http://www.discussworldissues.com/fo...ies/tongue.gif

No, Mauritania http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
No, Mauritania http://www.discussworldissues.com/im...ons/icon14.gif The full quibble must include "lives upon", which I read as exploits, lives off of, etc.

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.

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?