Quote Originally Posted by Basil77
Quote Originally Posted by laxxy
It's not called anarchy, it's called separation of power. Pretty much the basis of modern society. Quite a hard concept to grasp, I know ))
I always thought that separation of power means that three brunches of power:
That sounds like a title of a fantasy book. Or maybe of one on corruption in Washington. The next two parts of the trilogy could be called "Three lunches of protection" and "Three dinners of deception" or something like that j/k

the legislative, the executive and the judicial can't affect one another in their decisions. But police and goverment are both relate to the executive branch. And if there is a separation even in each department... Did you read the fable about a swan, a crayfish and a pike?
Police is a part of the executive branch *in Russia* -- in other countries, specifically in the US and the British Commonwealth, the situation is rather different. Which makes a lot more sense, if you ask me, as it at the very least makes it easier to make sure the government can not pick which court decisions to enforce. The internal separation is nothing new either and is present even in Russia.

BTW -- generally, I would not go as far as saying that I am sure that it would be absolutely, certainly impossible for Mr. Blair (or another important government figure) to influence Sc.Yard's decisions in any way. But, it would be very hard, *very* risky, and would lead to absolutely no political gain since I suspect that there are approximately zero people in Britain who would care much about the results of this investigation.