Talk:Parliament
From Academic Kids
this page really wants some good history of the english/french parliaments, ~1000-1900. if i had time ...
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I don't think it's appropriate to redirect British Parliament here. There are many different parliaments in the world. -- Montréalais
I agree - this article should be about parliaments in general and the British Parliament should have its own article. --mav
I agree. I was very surprised to find there was no article on the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Maybe a mention of a "parliament of owls", too? ;-) -- Zoe
I don't think it is correct to say that Congress is the opposite of Parliament, since they have more in common than not. AJK 15:50, 17 May 2004 (UTC)
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Why does the first image have the caption 'The Dutch Parliament' but the alternate text reads 'Swiss Federal Council'? Which is correct? Deus Ex 18:17, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)
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what is the role of the position of president in the parliamentary system?? --Oldman 14:31, 6 Apr 2005 (UTC)
The party that can win the most seats in the House of Commons forms the government, and the party leader becomes the Prime Minister and head of government.
This statement sounds like complete nonsense to American ears. Does the term "the government" have a special meaning or technical meaning here?? What does it mean for "a party to form the government"? YOU might know what it means, if you're British, but this is not explained well at all in the article. Revolver 07:50, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
- Revolver, having noticed a few of these comments from you on talk pages related to politics and government I can't help but ask if you're being deliberately bloody-minded. Isn't it patently obvious from the context that "the government" in this sense is what Americans might call "the administration"? There is no special or technical meaning here at all. If a party forms the government it means that party supplies the ministers who run the country. All this is explained clearly in the article. — Trilobite (Talk) 15:05, 10 May 2005 (UTC)
