mike777 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Perhaps the best hope to save the fish is the trend to make eating dead fish or other dead meat unfashionable.Think of eating Flipper for those of us old enough to remember. I would not be surprised to see if in a few generations the idea of eating dead meat as rare as say smoking a cigar is today. Not illegal, just somewhat rare, fancy and expensive.----------------- As for the role of the QUEEN, PERHAPS she acts as check on the unbridled power of the majority? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hm. I wonder if Barak Obama has a passport. Come on! Mycroft mentioned the passport of Queen to make a point. Wondering whether Obama has passport or not, loudly in this topic, will contribute nothing but hijack to the topic in hand, which I do not participate in replies as much but very interested in reading and learning. I came from Europe to US and as much as I can read things about Europe online or TV, the information I get here in this topic (or similar topics) is coming from real people who lives there and putting in their opinion about political and economical concerns. This is the type of information I trust more than TV or and internet media who are trying to manipulate the reader for various reasons. What does Obama having passport or not will contribute to this? And you are a forum moderator and an intelligent man, you can contribute much better than this imho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenberg Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Just another quick word about The Queen's Speech. Until this thread I had not realized that the movie title, The King's Speech, was a play on words,that could refer either to the King speaking from the throne or, the actual subject of the movie, the success of George VI in overcoming speech problems. Anyway, thanks for the clarifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberlour10 Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 I think Cameron would need an unusually good excuse for not holding the referendum. Of course many promises will be broken but this one was a key promise. Look what happened to the libdems when they broke a key promise. And they even had some decent excuses. I can't imagine such an excuse. This would be political suicide for the Tories, wouldn't be? Cameron's main problem by fullfilling his wishes in the EU seems to be the consensus he need by modifying several european treaties. In some cases there will be approval of all 27 goverments needed in other of 27 goverments and parlaments ( Treaty of Lisbon f.ex). A really Herculean task for him Today he visits Warsaw. Polish PM already announced, she will not make any concessions In Brussels in the matter of social benefits for EU immigrants. And now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mycroft Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 might be off-topic, but it's an interesting question. However, the same message on US passports reads: The Secretary of State of the United States of America hereby requests all whom it may concern to permit the citizen/national of the United States named herein to pass without delay or hindrance and in case of need to give all lawful aid and protection. Note - not in the name of the Head of State. In the US, it's the country, in the person of its Secretary of State, making the request. That was the point, though; in those parts of the British Commonwealth where the Queen is still the Head of State, it's the Queen herself, not the country, making the request. Even though, of course, the powers of the head of state of Great Britain et al are *much* smaller than the Head of State of the US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackshoe Posted May 29, 2015 Report Share Posted May 29, 2015 Come on! Mycroft mentioned the passport of Queen to make a point. Wondering whether Obama has passport or not, loudly in this topic, will contribute nothing but hijack to the topic in hand, which I do not participate in replies as much but very interested in reading and learning. I came from Europe to US and as much as I can read things about Europe online or TV, the information I get here in this topic (or similar topics) is coming from real people who lives there and putting in their opinion about political and economical concerns. This is the type of information I trust more than TV or and internet media who are trying to manipulate the reader for various reasons. What does Obama having passport or not will contribute to this? And you are a forum moderator and an intelligent man, you can contribute much better than this imho.I wonder because I am curious about it. You're the one using my thought to hijack the thread. I'm not a moderator here, and what I do elsewhere is not relevant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAce Posted May 30, 2015 Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 I wonder because I am curious about it. You're the one using my thought to hijack the thread. I'm not a moderator here, and what I do elsewhere is not relevant. Ok, nevermind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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