Yes.
Translation:
The folks voting for me. Cannot afford to buy me.
When I lived in the US. The UK embassy was openly recommending this to folks taking US citizen ship.
Thanks for sharing. Nice to have less anacdotal evidence.
Well nice is not the right word. But I'm sure you know what I mean,
Yes. As far as making laws they can. That is the whole meaning or the phrase parliament is sovereign.
It's not a good thing. But is why voting and education is so important. Because when it comes to actions in parliament only voting has any authority.
It's not unique. As we see in the US. Where both houses have to act on many things. And when one party is given power their is little the nation can do to stop it.
But honestly there is not real answer. Any organisation given the authority to arrest parliament is under the same risk of abuse. As we see with the US FBI. All it means is the corrupt political org. Takes control of that first.
In the US and UK. It is why the right has taken control of the media over the last few decades.
This is also why both main parties have worked so hard to remove the right to protest. The mass is the only control we have.
Honestly. Would you really want the law to work that way.
The result would be a government that is impossible to legally fault. As doing so would be to expensive for the people in power.
But the answer is. No the acts of any MP in parliament are not within the remit of any legal authority other then parliament. Act outside parliament. IE not involved in the passing of laws are as for all others.
But nothing said or voted for in the house is allowed to be addressed outside the house.
The original reason for this was to prevent each party trying to make the actions of the last gov a crime. It really dose not take long to imagine the harm that would cause, unfortunately the only way such a thing could work. Would be if corruption did not exist. As it will always exist in all political movements. Allowing one political group to have the ability to make the ideals of another a crime. Is never workable.
The 2 main parties are failing.
As such the powerful are desperate to be owed by whomever replaces both. So will donate to gain control.
Anacdotal experience only. But I'd suggest it's way more common then folks know.
More so from the 1970s and before. And in rural areas of the UK. But that is more to do with options and how they spread post 1967 law changes. (Pill and abortion both legalized. Though pill only for married women at that time). But for younger readers. Both were often hard to obtain for young adult women in rural areas until the mid 80s.
As a teen My GPs lived in a farming village. And would hint at it when I visited and got to know a few local girls. I did not think much of it at the time.
Post Uni I lived with them for a few months. And got to know one of these girls way better. To the point she felt the need to explain why she never wanted children.
Apparently she knew a few others in the village were in the same situation. For timing this was mid 90s we were both in our mid 20s at the time. So he mother likely finished school in the late 60s. And I know sex education in schools was very hit and miss due to political attitudes at the time. With city schools being more comfortable then rural. Late 60s was when the pill was legalised and labour were pushing all schools to add sex ed classes. So many parents objected.
But news over the last 30+ years. Would lead me to recognise while Insest is no less common. Pro Choice really matters for more reasons then most would expect.
Resentful upvoter earned.
AI cannot take your job. But 10 years ago. It could not make many jobs any easier.
People are worried because AI is developing at a rate. Where the people currently paying you. Clearly think its development is worth huge funding. And they will only do this if they have reason to beltpaying you becomes less needed.
Last time we saw this. Was factory spending on robotics in the 1970s. Many then said they would take no jobs. Those of us older watched a direct reduction in jobs linked to this. And are expecting similar levels for AI in the next few decades.
And the reason they are pushing that shit. Is not to convince you your job is at risk. They do not want you to panic.
They push it to convince customers to accept the work AIs provide. Just like we now accept mass production way more then my parents generation did. We now expect identical rather then craftsman individualist production. Flat pack furniture produced by machine made wood. Etc etc.
Sorry. But that is for US citizens becoming dual.
Not foreign citizens becoming US.
If you are a non US citizen applying for US citizenship. Then you have to request the home nation end you citizenship.