tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post113969802625942528..comments2023-11-03T08:40:33.012+00:00Comments on Forceful and Moderate: An interesting take on war powersFemme de Resistancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11730739589910153745noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1139846627544919272006-02-13T16:03:00.000+00:002006-02-13T16:03:00.000+00:00I agree that Parliamentary democracy does not (and...I agree that Parliamentary democracy does not (and constitutional monarchy does) imply the separation of Head of State (who is the notional Commander in Chief of the armed forces in every case I have looked into) and Head of Government. But in practice it does - there are no countries where a parliamentary Prime Minister is also the Head of State.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if a non-executive President LibertyCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11327971200259765958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20698500.post-1139740342272974462006-02-12T10:32:00.000+00:002006-02-12T10:32:00.000+00:00Score one for a constitutional monarchy?I am of yo...Score one for a constitutional monarchy?<BR/><BR/>I am of your (original) mind on this.<BR/><BR/>I believe there has always been a parliamentary debate on declaration of war. Forces are sometimes deployed without a declaration of war.<BR/><BR/>Crown prerogative is not such a bad thing in practice - perhaps I will blog on the reasons why it is worth keeping at some point. But it is a long argument.Peter Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741462448758919750noreply@blogger.com