Topic: | Re:Huw Burford-Taylor | |
Posted by: | Richard Cathcart | |
Date/Time: | 17/09/19 13:02:00 |
"If a manifesto commitment is squirreled away as a footnote on page 856 of a densely printed document you might conceivably have a point. If a party stands on "x" as a central manifesto commitment during a GE, and campaign on that basis then if they end up winning a majority they can claim that there is a mandate for it. That's how General Elections work." That is most decidedly NOT how General Elections work, in this country, at least. When you put your 'X' in the box, you are voting for a candidate, not a Party. And when the winning candidate is elected, he/she goes to the Commons as a representative, not a delegate. Which is the very cornerstone of our Parliamentary democracy and has been for centuries. All of which reinforces what, ahem, someone said in another post: "politics should be taught in schools upto GCSE level." |