Peter Grant MP

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Peter Grant MP @PeterGrantMP

The whole system relies on 1 - having an electoral system that’s rigged to give a single oarty majority even if nobody gets more than about 35% of the votes 2 - the tradition that if parliament refuses to pass a key government proposal the government resigns. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 20, 2019 Hibernated

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Peter Grant MP @PeterGrantMP

Key to understanding this is that apart from its ability to amend Bills on their way through parliament the British parliamentary system is deliberately designed to *stop* parliament from deciding anything other than to agree to do whatever the prime minister tells it. — PolitiTweet.org

'This is the greatest failure of our Parliamentary and government system that any of us alive have witnessed.' Wat… https://t.co/fszRmPHiQ7

Posted March 20, 2019 Hibernated

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Peter Grant MP @PeterGrantMP

As soon as parliament tries to give an answer that’s not a straightforward either / or choice the whole system gets stuck. Brexit didn’t break the British parliamentary system. The system was already unfit for purpose but until Brexit most politicians could ignore this fact. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 20, 2019 Hibernated