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From: julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies)
Newsgroups: can.politics
Subject: Re: Canadian and American systems
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Date: Mon, 5-Mar-84 12:33:49 EST
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In my view, the whole system of government is flawed in a much more
serious way than that of whether the PM is elected as such or not:
The division of MPs among "parties" where the party whips assume
the power to control how MPs vote on the issues.  It makes a mockery
of the debates, and also of the "representation".  When an MP decides
to vote against the party line because of his/her conscience or
strongly held beliefs or on behalf of her/his electors, it is a
noteworthy matter, rather than a routine event.