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Originally Posted by jaysay
Its not actually that simple Accyman, voting in parliament is a very complex affair at times, especially when its a flagship policy, I remember the Community Charge and the ear bashing JKH received from the Whips Office to support the government. There are three levels of voting 1 2 and 3 line whip, I never actually knew what that was all about until I saw the weekly order papers, the weeks business is underlined once twice or three times depending the importance 1 and 2 line whips MPs are allowed to pair off, in other words most MPs have somebody on the oppositions benches as a pair, meaning neither need to vote if they both agree as they cancel each other out, but all MPs are instructed to vote on party lines for a tree line whip, JKH was always in bother with the whips for not toeing the party line especially with the community charge, he never supported the government once
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thing is jay democracey is supposed to be simple its people who want things to bend things their own way that make it not simple.You get people in the tory party who may think a labour idea is a good one but they get told to vote against it and vice versa when its the other way around.On the news over the years when important issues have been raised and voted on it has been made very clear that party leaders have instructed their mps how to vote and those that dont tow the line get called renegade mps or something similar because they are throwing a spanner in the works for their leader.
tony blair broke every election prommise within 6 months of getting into power yet he was blindly followed by his mps so they wernt following the party mandate they were following tony blair and his lies.
im not big on politics but i know a crook when i see one and thats almost every time i see a MP open its gob