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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by anikan_vader on Saturday November 26, 2022 @01:57PM (#33755487)
For example, the IRA member Bobby Sands was elected to the UK parliament while in prison during his (subsequently fatal) hunger strike. Parliament then immediately passed a law banning people from running for parliament from jail.

Of course, the UK is a monarchy, not a republic, so its relevance to the subject at hand is somewhat dubious.

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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by LAC-Tech on Saturday November 26, 2022 @02:01PM (#33755523)
The UK is only a monarchy at the ceremonial level. Officially it's mostly a parliamentary democracy, in practice it's mostly a bureaucracy.
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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by anikan_vader on Saturday November 26, 2022 @02:13PM (#33755616)
>> The UK is only a monarchy at the ceremonial level.

This is a common claim, but I can't say that I agree. The House of Lords holds real power, as does the king in his role as head of state. The UK is not an absolute monarchy by any means, but the king is far more than just a figurehead [1].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/feb/07/how-archaic-...

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Re:Anti-War Speech Sent Eugene V. Debs to Prison, 1918 by LAC-Tech on Saturday November 26, 2022 @02:16PM (#33755653)
One can only hope Charles disbands parliament and puts it to the test. For once I hope the fear mongers at the Guardian are right, but I suspect that I am, sadly.
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