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Originally Posted by jambutty
If all MP’s had a free vote on all issues instead of being told to vote the way the party wants, that would go a long way to improving the system.
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It wouldn't though. It would be so much harder to get bills passed. It may well be more democratic but that dosn't mean its good for the country.
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However genuine proportional representation would go a long way to producing a democratic Parliament.
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As mentioned above i'm against proportional representation. Our current system means that people who represent us are winners, it provides stable government, and government that can effectively govern. We also have an actual representative that we vote for.
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So would not having the PM SELECT his cabinet and junior Ministers. The ambitious MP will kowtow to the PM just to get a job in office and the extra salary that goes with it and they will follow the PM’s orders to keep it. The cabinet should be appointed by the MP’s and also sacked by them when necessary.
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Perhaps i've misunderstood this, but allowing the parties MP's to select the cabinet wouldn't really help. The leaders usualy pick cabinet members that represent various factions of the party anyway...
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You seem to have hit the nail on the head g_jones and Gayle. The parties not in power spend as much time trying to do down the party in power to defeat them rather than tackling the issues that will benefit us.
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Well thats the thing, not all policy is good policy. If policy is clearly wrong, if it goes against the parties manifesto which they were elected upon, if it removes civil liberties, we might well be damn happy that someone is opposing it and trying to defeat the legislation, rather than letting it through.