Cameron, and others less combatively, complain that Juncker is being imposed by a parliamentary coup, usurping the prerogative of national leaders to agree on the nomination.
However, these policies were and are neither particularly radical, nor are they the prerogative of Blairites.
Rand Paul urged President Obama to declassify 28 additional pages of the 9/11 commission's report on Tuesday, but made clear that he does not intend to exercise his constitutional prerogative as a senator and read the pages on the floor of Congress – yet.
The home secretary has used the royal prerogative 14 times to refuse applications for passports or confiscate them.
In a speech in 1930, Baldwin denounced "falsehood, misrepresentation and half-truths" in the two papers, accusing their owners of seeking "power without responsibility – the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages", remarks which, according to one account, caused reporters "to jump out of their skins to a man".
In contrast, there was little life in the pitches during the England series, where the hosts used their prerogative to slow the wickets down to maximise the effectiveness of Graeme Swann.
"They have had a year and a half to exercise that prerogative and, now that they have blown through that deadline, most people would acknowledge that is a privilege they should relinquish … rather than get into additional political gamesmanship".
Apple Pay, launched in America last year, allows people to pay in shops with a mere tap of a phone or watch, gatecrashing a payments ecosystem that used to be the prerogative of the banks.
Of these, some say that administering the sacraments (to put it simply, rites in which God's grace is mysteriously invoked) is a male-only prerogative; others take literally the teaching of Saint Paul that authority in the church is best handled by men.In this section Island savages Labour's flawed record Foot off the pedal Ebbing When compromise fails Clegg, over?
American frackers are now the world's swing producers, reacting to price fluctuations in a way that was once the prerogative of the Saudis.
Despite attempts to craft versions of this device that can be worn by women, condoms are largely a male prerogative.
