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Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, 2024 parliamentary candidate for North Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Well the British system has become more Presidential over the years there is a certain logic to it. We may now expect all the Murdoch papers to back Sky.
ReplyDeleteYet there is nothing new in Opposition Leaders calling for a debate and nothing new in the call being rejected by whoever is in Downing Street.
Indeed the routine call and rejection is a part of the Constitution......almost.
Yet in the call for a return to Parliamentary Democracy, it is probably a good thing (we have incidently had these debates for years in Norn Iron)as it strengthens the Party System and weeds out Esther rantzen from our screens.
The party system over here here is already more than strong enough, in marked contrast to the parties themselves, which are practically memberless and overwhelmingly elderly.
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