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Are you seriously suggesting that in 2019 the public did not vote in a Tory Government or in 1997 did not vote in a Labour Government for instance.
Er I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer which clearly covers off all the points you have raised.Are you suggesting that if the public in a General Election vote in the majority of parliamentary seats for Labour the Executive would somehow not be under the control of the Labour Party and Labour would therefore be prevented from carrying out the program it outlined in it's manifesto voted on by said public?
"The Government runs the country and has responsibility for developing and implementing policy and for drafting laws. It is also known as the Executive.The Government is usually formed by the party that gains the most seats in the House of Commons at a general election."https://www.parliament.uk/site-information/glossary/government/
Yes, but the important point is that the Executive would be APPOINTED by the Labour party throught their majority in the Legislature, not the electorate.Just as the EU executive is APPOINTED by elected representatives in the EU Parliament.Even then, Parliament only appoints the very top layer of the executive. The vast majority of the Executive is the Civil Service. Who votes them in?
Just pointing out to you that the politics of the UK Government in place is decided (ok indirectly via the Legislature) at the ballot box.This is not the case in the EU with the EU Commission
There is no direct EU election to decide on the political direction taken by the EU Commission unlike in the UK re the UK Government, and neither instead can the elected EU Parliament decide which individuals are in the Commission (it does get a take it or leave it vote on the Commission President). Unlike the UK Government there is therefore no democratic legitimacy to the EU Commission or the laws it proposes.
Latest benefit. Looks like we are going back to imperial measurements.That'll do wonders for our Global Britain theme. But it will be great news for the Little England Society for the Abolition of the Second Half of the Twentieth Century.
Makes you wonder how the USA manage with feet and inches doesn't it?
Quote from: selby on September 17, 2021, 06:12:24 pm Makes you wonder how the USA manage with feet and inches doesn't it?90% of the world uses the metric system.
Quote from: SydneyRover on September 18, 2021, 12:34:53 amQuote from: selby on September 17, 2021, 06:12:24 pm Makes you wonder how the USA manage with feet and inches doesn't it?90% of the world uses the metric system.2 countries use the Imperial system as standard.USA and Myanmar.Source: This from a UK Inspector of Weights and Measures. https://mobile.twitter.com/PippaMusgrave1/status/1438560618580168712
Are you seriously suggesting that in 2019 the public did not vote in a Tory Government or in 1997 did not vote in a Labour Government for instance.We given that in both years, around 57% of those who voted chose candidates from parties other than the one that ended up forming a virtually unchallenged executive, I think you've just opened up a whole new aspect of the "democracy" argument.