@earl-of-trumps said
This ---> kevcvs57: "we changed the rules so that kind of intervention would require a public vote in the commons rather than in smoke filled cabinet meeting between the PM and those he put in the room."
F'n excellent. wish the US had it.
Supposedly only Congress has the authority to declare war, but this can be circumvented by a cowboy president claiming national security or some such bosh. Ultimately, Congress controls the purses strings, so even then, a prolonged undeclared war cannot be waged by a rogue president.
