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marybourg

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9. But that "majority" is often made up of parties antithetical to those forming

Reply to Celerity (Reply #6)

Thu Sep 21, 2023, 07:18 PM

Sep 2023

the government. A prime example has been recent Israel, where secular parties have had to ally with ultra-orthodox ones to form a “majority”. With great in-fighting and paralysis ensuing. Great Britain has given us many examples, also. And there is no dearth of all the negative attributes you list in parliamentary systems around the world. Amazing to even suggest such a thing.

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In a parliamentary system, as we all have marybourg Sep 2023 #4

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