The way the security bills are being pushed through parliament amounts to the destruction of democracy and constitutionalism.
But despite ministers' conciliatory noises, plenty of other social security cuts remain in place for this parliament, amounting, in theory, to billions of pounds of savings.
Gordon Brown has claimed the Tories' plan to devolve all income tax powers to the Scottish parliament amounts to a "lethal cocktail" that could lead to the break-up of the United Kingdom.
In Poplar Housing v Donaghue, the Court of Appeal rejected the possibility of reading in a provision, because it would have altered the method of remedying the problem to that laid down by Parliament, amounting to starting afresh on how best to approach the issue.
The 77-year-old has said his removal from parliament would amount to a government coup, even though he has no role in the government.
South African President Jacob Zuma condemned the attacks, telling parliament, "No amount of frustration or anger can justify the attacks on foreign nationals and the looting of their shops".
Over the course of a fixed-term parliament this amounts to quite a loss in income.
The Spanish government had given Carles Puigdemont a deadline of 10 a.m. local time Monday (4 a.m. ET) to explain whether a speech he delivered to the regional parliament last week amounted to a declaration of independence from Spain.
Strong stuff, and this from the man who only hours before, when he first heard of the court's judgment, told the television channel Dream 2 that the dismissal of parliament did not amount to a military coup.
In a statement on its Web site and a television interview with one of its senior leaders, the Brotherhood called for the military to allow the replacement of the current prime minister and cabinet with a new coalition government formed by Parliament, which would amount to an immediate handover of power.
