Hes nominated and then MEPs vote I believe.
But thats undemocratic according to Leavers
Whereas May being nominated and voted on by MPs is fine.
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Of the people who voted there was a majority. Of the people who didn't, or more likely couldn't be bothered to vote, they were by definition happy to allow the rest of the country to decide on their behalf. Therefore a majority of the country did vote for the government.
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Hes nominated and then MEPs vote I believe.
But thats undemocratic according to Leavers
Whereas May being nominated and voted on by MPs is fine.
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The Conservatives won 36.9% of the popular vote at the last general election. Nowhere near a majority, even out of those that voted.
However, this translated to a clear majority of seats under FPTP.
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Did anyone else win more than that?
Yes because we vote for who governs and speaks for the particularly area we live in which i think is a good thing.
When we voted in the last two elections we knew that if the Conservatives got in then David Cameron would become PM and so if we did not think he was suitable for the job we could decide not to vote for the Conservatives. Therefore, he was elected by us indirectly.
Now, however, we have no choice with regard to Theresa May and had no knowledge that she would become PM when we voted in the last election, that is the crucial difference and is why I agree with you.
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So there should be a GE every time we need a new PM?
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All over.
I suppose that this would have saved us from Gordon Brown, so maybe it would be a good thing
. Joking aside, I'm not sure what we should do in this event, I haven't thought that far ahead yet. I responded to make clear why I feel that our current arrangement is not very democratic.
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Almost choked when I read this article
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36760953
How are the Tories going to remove 40 years of legislation to achieve this aim?
Workers on boards? Funnily enough it was the British that did this for Germany, post war, but refused to do it in Britain. Never happen, the lobby groups will be all over the Tories if they even think about actually going to do it.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36760953
How are the Tories going to remove 40 years of legislation to achieve this aim?
Workers on boards? Funnily enough it was the British that did this for Germany, post war, but refused to do it in Britain. Never happen, the lobby groups will be all over the Tories if they even think about actually going to do it.
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Mrs May is saying all the right things, so long as she avoid messing up the economy we can hopefully those Bolshevik loonies in Labour out of power for another 10 to 14 years.
Hes nominated and then MEPs vote I believe.
But thats undemocratic according to Leavers
Whereas May being nominated and voted on by MPs is fine.
It's like leavers have conveniently forgotten that they get to vote in the MEPs that make EU law.
Well we'll have to see a bunny out of a hat for the avoiding messing up the economy at the moment.
So long as you're happy to register at the post office if you want to look at adult websites in your own home.
MEPs get to vote on and amend the laws not make them. However, in my view this is just a technicality and a position of equivalent power and is the only way to make a union of many countries work in any way effectively so that national interests and bickering do not influence the law-making process.
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