Could there be a Condi Line dancing group?
AB Again
22-06-2007, 19:29
The Lord Chancellor is effectively the secretary of State for the UK. He has a new tribute as of today
Falconer gets morris dance troupe
A team of morris dancing civil servants from the new Ministry of Justice have been given permission to call themselves the Lord Chancellor's Folk.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord Falconer, gave the go-ahead after considering a two page report prepared by an official in his private office.
A spokesman denied claims he had wasted time on the issue when he faced a crisis over prison overcrowding.
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6230060.stm)
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42413000/jpg/_42413124_morris_203.jpg
Could this happen anywhere other than the UK?
(DCD tribute thread for today)
The Blaatschapen
22-06-2007, 19:51
That's the closest thing I've seen to a ministry of silly walks :D
Edit: A DCD thread a day keeps the mods away :p
The Lord Chancellor is effectively the secretary of State for the UK.
I'm sorry, but what?
AB Again
22-06-2007, 21:17
I'm sorry, but what?
The powers of the Lord Chancellor in the UK and those of the Secretary of State in the USA are similar (They are not exactly the same however).
Turquoise Days
22-06-2007, 21:18
Morris dancing in London? Pshaw, wannabes.
The powers of the Lord Chancellor in the UK and those of the Secretary of State in the USA are similar (They are not exactly the same however).
I had always thought that the Foreign Secretary was closest to the Secretary of State, no?
AB Again
22-06-2007, 21:39
I had always thought that the Foreign Secretary was closest to the Secretary of State, no?
No.
The foreign secretary does some of the things that the President does - i.e international relations stuff. However the secretary of state gets to 'stand in' for the president when required. (Normally this means when the situation is too delicate to let the President deal with it.)
The secretary of State is sort of a mix between the Lord Chancellor (with respect to legal issues and so forth) and the Home Secretary (Internal policies).
There really is no simple one to one mapping of the responsibilities of the executive powers between the USA and the UK.
The Department of State's website says that the Sec. of State has the primary role in...
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Leading interagency coordination in developing and implementing foreign policy;
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Managing the foreign affairs budget and other foreign affairs resources;
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Leading and coordinating U.S. representation abroad, conveying U.S. foreign policy to foreign governments and international organizations through U.S. embassies and consulates in foreign countries and diplomatic missions to international organizations;
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Conducting negotiations and concluding agreements and treaties on issues ranging from trade to nuclear weapons;
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Coordinating and supporting international activities of other U.S. agencies and officials.
The Lord Chancellor is responsible for the court system.
Pretty much the only thing that I can see that they have in common is that they both keep their country's Great Seals.
Secretary of State certainly seems much, much closer to Foreign Secretary that Lord Chancellor.
AB Again
22-06-2007, 21:51
The Department of State's website says that the Sec. of State has the primary role in...
The Lord Chancellor is responsible for the court system.
Pretty much the only thing that I can see that they have in common is that they both keep their country's Great Seals.
Secretary of State certainly seems much, much closer to Foreign Secretary that Lord Chancellor.
Ok. So I got it wrong - memory is not a perfect implement. Who is responsible for the legal system in the US then? The Attorney General?