Disco_Destroyer Trustworthy Freedom Fighter
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2010 12:47 pm Post subject: Looks like WW2 was good timing for some within the... |
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Looks like WW2 was good timing then :0
When this threat became reality, there was some uncertainty in the Dominions about the ramifications of Britain's declaration of war against Adolf Hitler. Australia and New Zealand had not yet ratified the Statute of Westminster; the Australian prime minister, Robert Menzies, considered the government bound by the British declaration of war,[53][54] while New Zealand coordinated a declaration of war to be made simultaneously with Britain's.[55] As late as 1937, some scholars were still of the mind that, when it came to declarations of war, if the King signed, he did so as king of the empire as a whole; at that time, W. Kennedy wrote: "in the final test of sovereignty β that of war β Canada is not a sovereign state... and it remains as true in 1937 as it was in 1914 that when the Crown is at war, Canada is legally at war,"[56] and, one year later, A. Berriedale Keith argued that "issues of war or neutrality still are decided on the final authority of the British Cabinet."[57] In 1939, however, Canada and South Africa made separate proclamations of war against Germany a few days after the UK's. Their example was followed more consistently by the other realms as further war was declared against Italy, Rumania, Hungary, Finland, and Japan.[35] At the war's end, it was said by F.R. Scott that "it is firmly established as a basic constitutional principle that, so far as relates to Canada, the King is regulated by Canadian law and must act only on the advice and responsibility of Canadian ministers."[58]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_realm
The Statute of Westminster 1931 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (22 & 23 Geo. V c. 4, 11 December 1931) which established legislative equality for the self-governing dominions of the British Empire and the United Kingdom, with a few residual exceptions, notably India. The Statute remains domestic law within each of the other Commonwealth realms, to the extent that it was not rendered obsolete by the process of constitutional patriation.[citation needed]
The Statute is of historical importance because it marked the effective legislative independence of these countries, either immediately or upon ratification. The residual constitutional powers retained by the Westminster parliament have now largely been superseded by subsequent legislation. Its current relevance is that it sets the basis for the continuing relationship between the Commonwealth realms and the Crown.[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statute_of_Westminster_1931
No wonder they need to keep the poor, poor and in the dark eh?
No wonder they hand select people and keep em pampered. UK has hardly the Military might to stop someone like Canada or Australia truly breaking away _________________ 'Come and see the violence inherent in the system.
Help, help, I'm being repressed!'
βThe more you tighten your grip, the more Star Systems will slip through your fingers.β
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