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Originally Posted by jambutty
They could indeed but when was the last time that it happened?
People may think that they vote for a person but in reality they are voting for the party that person represents.
However I agree with you garinda, if a politician leaves his/her political party s/he should stand for re-election. But they won’t because the pull of the gravy train is too strong.
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I think people think they are voting for the party but in fact they are voting for the individual.
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First example I could find of 'independents' joining the Liberal party - although they're not quite independents but I'm absolutely sure it's happened locally.