Angeltigger
20-01-2006, 09:54
George could be punished by the Queen
http://bbimages.digitalspy.co.uk/cbb4/library/160x120_cbb4_george01.jpgThe Queen could decide to punish George Galloway under an ancient law, according to reports.
The 1382 Summons to Parliament Act allows the Queen to "amerce" - arbitrarily punish - the politician if she believes he has not "reasonably and honestly" excused himself from parliament to appear on the show.
"Every one to whom it belongeth, shall upon Summons come to the Parliament," the law states. "If any Person of the same Realm ... do absent himself, and come not at the said Summons (except he may reasonably and honestly excuse him to our Lord the King) he shall be amerced, and otherwise punished."
Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, was among those urging the Queen to enforce the law. "Should Galloway be prosecuted under this ancient law I trust that the Queen would deliver an appropriate punishment," he said. "In my view Galloway should be sent back to the Big Brother house for the rest of his life with the instruction to perform deeming impressions of every animal that walks the earth."
http://bbimages.digitalspy.co.uk/cbb4/library/160x120_cbb4_george01.jpgThe Queen could decide to punish George Galloway under an ancient law, according to reports.
The 1382 Summons to Parliament Act allows the Queen to "amerce" - arbitrarily punish - the politician if she believes he has not "reasonably and honestly" excused himself from parliament to appear on the show.
"Every one to whom it belongeth, shall upon Summons come to the Parliament," the law states. "If any Person of the same Realm ... do absent himself, and come not at the said Summons (except he may reasonably and honestly excuse him to our Lord the King) he shall be amerced, and otherwise punished."
Martin Salter, Labour MP for Reading West, was among those urging the Queen to enforce the law. "Should Galloway be prosecuted under this ancient law I trust that the Queen would deliver an appropriate punishment," he said. "In my view Galloway should be sent back to the Big Brother house for the rest of his life with the instruction to perform deeming impressions of every animal that walks the earth."