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Originally Posted by lazaruscorporat Political parties can use something called a three line whip, which orders their MPs to vote in a particular way. An MP can disobey this, in which case they "lose the whip" (the support of the party). |
In the American congress, if the transgression is serious enough, the party cuts monetary assistance for the member's re-election campaign. Sounds similar. Isn't it great how graft and corruption is built into the system?
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You're right though - PR would bring about a more negotiating style rather than the current oppositional style of government.
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We have a strange mix of opposition and negotiation. It breaks down over issues. The democratic party is generally for gun control, but there are some districts, with strong unions, where the people will vote for a democrat on economics, but that democrat had better be pro-gun. So that representative will go against the party when that issue comes up. There are examples of this with both parties, and many issues. There are a lot of pro-abortion republicans, even though the party is against it. If those republicans don't support abortion, they won't be re-elected in their district.
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Britain was already in the EU (EEC), but John Major's Conservative government ratified the Maastricht Treaty which "moved significantly towards economic, political and social union and set out the detailed timetable for economic and monetary union (EMU). It also set out the convergence criteria for economies who wanted to join in EMU."
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Sounds very similar to NAFTA.
What do you think about Turkey joining the EU?