Sentences with phrase «elective dictatorship»

It recognised that the «elective dictatorship» — a phrase coined by the late Lord Hailsham — consisting of the prime minister and his close associates, must cease to be permitted to ride roughshod over the will of the people as represented by a democratically elected Parliament.

Given the control that governments are able to exert over Parliament — it was not for nothing that the former lord chancellor, Lord Hailsham, referred to the UK's system of government as an «elective dictatorship» — the content of the Queen's Speech takes on an added significance in that it enlightens us about the laws which are likely to be enacted during the forthcoming Parliamentary session.

And former Lord Chief Justice Lord Woolf had warned of an «elective dictatorship» if the plans went through.

A subjective body that — as a general rule — must be addressed before the passing of law for royal assent can be no bad thing whereas the risk of a elective dictatorship could be.

Elective dictatorship?

NZ was called an Elective Dictatorship.

Lord Hailsham issued his warning about an elective dictatorship when Labour was in power.

There is now no balance We are now an elective dictatorship with the tyrany of the majority.

The prospect of elective dictatorship has always seemed attractive when you expect to be one of the elected dictators.

But the case around «elective dictatorship» set out by Lord Halisham in 1976 is rather different if one introduces measures like devolution, an entrenched bill of rights, a legitimate second chamber with revising powers, stronger and legitimate local government.