This is what EU ‘democracy’ looks like
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In Britain we vote for the person we would like to be our representative in Parliament.
So just like Canada then. So you don't actually vote for a party but a candidate.
Er... Putting aside the fact that Canadians and Singaporeans (And Britons) alike vote for the local candidate and not the local party, both Canada (at least Federally) and Singapore still have political parties. A better example would be Nunavut and some Canadian municipalities though some Canadian municipalities do have political parties too.
So when your local candidate wins an election, if he leaves his party, he must relinquish his seat and the party will then appoint another MP in his place?
Well you usually hold a by-election, unless you're the undemocratic Remainers of Change UK who switched allegiances to the aforementioned party but refused to hold by-elections.
Really? In Canada, an MP can absolutely leave his party and keep his seat until the next election. His seat is not tied to any party.
If you want me to explain again, for at least the second time, how parliamentary democracy works and how it differs from the non-democracy of the EU, maybe you should stop posting in International Politics. It's easily above your IQ level.
Stick to reading Mog In The Dark, or something.
I think the fairies can get a better grasp of the sheer anti-democratic nature of these three EU appointees and the democratic nature of the British system than you and your friend: Bill and Ben the Flowerpot Men.
You even completely ignore the glaringly obvious fact that if the EU system was democratic and resembles the British Westminster system the three appointees would be Brexit Party MEPs. But you don't notice that because you just aren't bright enough.
Why do candidates have their party affiliation on the ballot if we are not voting for the party . Like Isay all you state is fact but is not how the real world works .
Coffee House Steerpike
Watch: Andrew Neil tears into the next EU leaders
Steerpike
Andrew Neil
Steerpike
5 July 2019
The Spectator
White smoke emerged from the European Council in Brussels on Tuesday, as EU heads of state revealed their recommendations for the next European commission president, head of the ECB, president of the European council, and high representative for foreign affairs.
The candidates, who included the German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen and IMF head Christine Lagarde, were selected behind closed doors after three days of intense negotiations, and will now need to be confirmed by the European Parliament.
But if you were hoping that the EU had selected highly-competent former politicians and officials to lead the supranational body responsible for policies that affect millions, you would once again have been disappointed. And no one outlined these new leaders’ failings better than Andrew Neil on the BBC’s This Week, who asked how Europe could be in safe hands when they had selected:
‘a failed German defence minister, a failed Belgian prime minister, a former finance minister found guilty of negligence in a multi-million pound Euro scandal, and a Spanish politician who’s been a cheerleader for repression in Catalonia.’
Watch here:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/07/watch-andrew-neil-tears-into-the-next-eu-leaders/
Watch: Andrew Neil tears into the next EU leaders
Steerpike
Andrew Neil
Steerpike
5 July 2019
The Spectator
White smoke emerged from the European Council in Brussels on Tuesday, as EU heads of state revealed their recommendations for the next European commission president, head of the ECB, president of the European council, and high representative for foreign affairs.
The candidates, who included the German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen and IMF head Christine Lagarde, were selected behind closed doors after three days of intense negotiations, and will now need to be confirmed by the European Parliament.
But if you were hoping that the EU had selected highly-competent former politicians and officials to lead the supranational body responsible for policies that affect millions, you would once again have been disappointed. And no one outlined these new leaders’ failings better than Andrew Neil on the BBC’s This Week, who asked how Europe could be in safe hands when they had selected:
‘a failed German defence minister, a failed Belgian prime minister, a former finance minister found guilty of negligence in a multi-million pound Euro scandal, and a Spanish politician who’s been a cheerleader for repression in Catalonia.’
Watch here:
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/07/watch-andrew-neil-tears-into-the-next-eu-leaders/
Yes but your opinion and 2 bucks will get you a coffee at McDonalds . The party leader must sign nomination papers , a candidate must follow the party line if they wish their nomination papers signed . Sure they are free to cross the floor once elected , however they need two terms to qualify for pension benefits . Politicians like everyone else are concerned with their own livelihood first and foremost .