Post by Kiwi Frontline on Aug 28, 2021 13:16:32 GMT 12
WHY ARE WE RULED BY POLITICAL PARTY PATSIES – AS WELL AS UNELECTED MPS? - Amy Brooke
Party politics has been disastrous for New Zealand. Formerly, at election time, the question was which of the two major parties, National or Labour, was going to be voted into parliament using a first past the post system which ensured government by a majority of the population. In this most democratic method of electing candidates, widely used throughout the world, the electorate candidate with the most votes won. Whichever party then won the greatest number of electoral seats won the election, largely a result of the winning party achieving endorsement for its manifesto, laid before the country. It was then obliged to honour its pledges.....
www.spectator.com.au/2021/08/why-are-we-ruled-by-political-party-patsies-as-well-as-unelected-mps/
Party politics has been disastrous for New Zealand. Formerly, at election time, the question was which of the two major parties, National or Labour, was going to be voted into parliament using a first past the post system which ensured government by a majority of the population. In this most democratic method of electing candidates, widely used throughout the world, the electorate candidate with the most votes won. Whichever party then won the greatest number of electoral seats won the election, largely a result of the winning party achieving endorsement for its manifesto, laid before the country. It was then obliged to honour its pledges.....
www.spectator.com.au/2021/08/why-are-we-ruled-by-political-party-patsies-as-well-as-unelected-mps/