This is what comes from having your head of state effectively appoint the Prime Minister, if it was just left to the house of commons to appoint the prime minister it would be much simpler.
But it is the House of Commons that effectively appoints the PM, all the Queen does it okay who ever it is - her role is nothing more than ritual.
*MySmiley*
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
Robert Graves "There is no money in poetry, but then there is no poetry in money, either."
Henning Mankell "We must defend the open society, because if we start locking our doors, if we let fear decide, the person who committed the act of terror will win"
British politics is ... like a basket of crazy muffins. But they taste nice.
- 26/04/2010 09:34:57 AM
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British politics or muffins taste nice? Or both?
- 26/04/2010 10:52:35 AM
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- 26/04/2010 10:52:35 AM
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Both
- 26/04/2010 05:11:54 PM
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- 26/04/2010 05:11:54 PM
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Indeed
- 26/04/2010 11:01:30 AM
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Re: Indeed
- 26/04/2010 11:06:10 AM
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Didn't mean to put the effectively in there
- 26/04/2010 11:17:20 AM
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That makes more sense
- 26/04/2010 11:24:33 AM
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- 26/04/2010 11:24:33 AM
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Yeah, I follow elections in lots of countries.
- 26/04/2010 11:11:28 AM
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Re: Yeah, I follow elections in lots of countries.
- 26/04/2010 05:17:55 PM
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It's all very entertaining.
- 26/04/2010 01:46:25 PM
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It works alright when you have a two- or 2½-party system with support divided geographically.
- 26/04/2010 04:40:31 PM
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Would it really be so bad if the BNP gained seats?
- 26/04/2010 05:03:06 PM
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I don't have a problem with it as such (I dow ith the fact that people want to vote for them)
- 26/04/2010 05:15:02 PM
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Re: It works alright when you have a two- or 2½-party system with support divided geographically.
- 26/04/2010 06:14:44 PM
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Big fucking deal. Coalitions of less than 5 parties = LAME *NM*
- 28/04/2010 12:03:36 AM
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Rather a bigger deal when it happens in a first past the post system. *NM*
- 28/04/2010 08:20:42 AM
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