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Many people who aren't British but who watch the British parliament meetings say that the parliaments in their own countries are boring compared to the British parliament.

Parliament is supreme and it can walk over a referendum-result if it sees fit. However, doing so would be a very dangerous precedent. If you have no intention of honouring a possible "wrong" referendum-result then dont have a referendum. Another thing is to ask is it right that parliament is supreme. Have you ever watched the meetings of the British parliament? In my opinion it reminds more of a zoo than a group of sensible adults discussing issues.

I can understand that if you hate Trump you will clutch at any straws in trying to get him out but honestly did anyone sincerely believe in that Russian collusion BS? It was similar BS from the start as the WMD-rubbish which was used as an excuse to go to war in Iraq.

If Quebec had voted for independence in 1995 I wonder would it have happened by now. I mean, look at the Brexit-shambles in Britain.

Macron is a lame duck already though he still has 3 years left to serve.

If you insist on having single-member constituencies, or ridings as you call them, there should at least be a run-off between top2 candidates if nobody gets over 50% of the votes.

I could imagine that in Britain there is a new unit of time called Bre. Namely, the time it takes to switch of TV when in the news it says: Now some more news about Bre... (switch off TV)

Jared Taylor has been banned from entering the Schengen-area. I thought you cant close borders. That's what we've been told. What was Jared's crime? He holds views which are not desirable in Europe.

There should be no such thing as a non-binding referendum. Either a referendum should be binding or there shouldnt be a referendum.

I wonder have they already started saying that Putin must have bribed Mueller.

Russian collusion didnt work for Trump-haters but they still have almost six years to get him out of the White House before he finally must go. Winning an election doesnt seem like the best way to achieve that objective.

The number of drownings in the Mediterranean has reduce significantly thanks to the current Italian government. People like Merkel and Macron seem to prefer that people keep on drowning.

I know that if there was a referendum in the UK about abolishing the monarchy it would be soundly rejected. That doesnt change the fact that these days kings and queens belong to the deck of cards,

This was an immigrant vs immigrant-case.

Is breaking this promise going to be harmful for Trudeau in the election?

I think it is quite surorising that there is such a high rate of immigration into NZ. Yes, it is an English-speaking country and therefore attractive as a destination for immigration. But it is so remote and far away from anywhere. In this day and age of the internet and other modern methods of communication location has lost a lot of meaning but not all. NZ is still as remote as you can get.

April 12th is the new date. If it goes beyond that it means that Britain would have to take part in the EU-elections, which would further complicate matters.

Has any state yet passed the proposed law that its electoral college-votes would go to the winner of the nationwide popular vote irrespective of the result on the state in question?

Unlike the British who think that Churchill was a statesman who saved Europe the Anzacs hate him because they feel they were let down by him in the WW1 regarding Gallipoli.

Dual citizenship is a problem if the countries in question are at war with each other. Unlikely to happen between the US and Canada.

NZ is very much like Finland; similar size, both are remote and both are very peaceful. All the more to point out how shocking such a massacre is in such a country as such massacres are not as commonplace in NZ or Finland as they are in a country like the USA. I remember the school-shootings in Finland 10 years ago and even though the death-tally wasnt as high as in this NZ-attack we were utterly gobsmacked.

People surely thought this must be a pay-back for NZ but doesnt appear that that is the case.

I guess that if Scotland had voted for independence 5 years ago it still wouldnt have happened.

Foreigners are to be blamed; the NZ-attacker was Australian. ^

I guess in Canada also as elsewhere in the Western countries it is a question of not making anyone stateless through revocation of citizenship. The countries of origin of those people may refuse to restore their original citizenship. If so, there is really nothing you can do.