A Dual National Is A Two

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Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

Douglas Scotney

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide

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Despite both
being a Two
and sitting in parliament
being not fitting
in the clause of the primary charter
many both Two-ed and sat.

As to be expected,
more stay-in-the-darks did both;
had been Two-ing and sitting for years.

Pity the smart bastard who
brought to light
the clause about being a Two.

Douglas Scotney

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Topic(s) of this poem: constitution

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Primary charter: the Constitution of Australia. In late 2017, a hundred and sixteen years later, someone found in it a clause prohibiting dual nationals from sitting in Parliament.

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Feipeng Shang 07 November 2017

So the dual nationals should be prohibited then...too late?

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