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Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 30th 2023 at 11:03:59 AM
In a Parliamentary system, you vote for a party, not a specific individual. Representation is then awarded on the basis of the proportion of votes that each party earns, both per-district and nationally. The leader of the winning party (or of the winning coalition if no party takes a majority) then becomes the executive.
An advantage of our system is that it is possible, indeed likely, for the legislative and executive winners to be from different parties, meaning that one party can't run roughshod over the country with a simple majority.
edited 15th Jan '16 4:14:22 PM by Fighteer
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"The birthplace of parliamentary democracy (the UK) would like to have words with you about this. We still use first past the post and single member geographical constituencies.
This is just like when crash course tried to call the UK a republic...
What your talking about is a proportionally representative system, that's nothing to do with if you have a Parliment or not.
edited 15th Jan '16 4:15:00 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranGrr. Well, perhaps I'm confusing the voting method with the way the government is formed. Enlighten me about the distinction.
"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"A voting system is how you elect representatives, so that proportionally like you're talking about (proportion representation or PR) or first past the post like the US and UK use, or sometimes mixed systems or even no system at all.
Then you have a government form, a Parliment means power is concentrated in the legislative branch who then from within pick the executive branch (so the speaker has the power of the president), a presidency means you've got split powers like the US has, likewise you can get hybrids like the French system (if the president's party doesn't control Parliment he pretty much becomes a figurehead I belive).
You can mix and match, so many parliaments use PR, the U.K. However is a Parliment that uses first past the post, the US is a presidential system that uses first past the post.
Also you've got being a democracy, which is unconnected to all of this, and being a republic, which is again unconnected and simply about if you have a hereditary ruler (normally a monarch).
edited 15th Jan '16 4:21:41 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranOne advantage of a parliament system is that if the government is doing poorly, you know exactly which party to blame.
Speaking as a Canadian, which also have a parliamentary system, while you're directly voting for a representative for your district, most people pretty much are just voting for either the party or the party leader anyways.
edited 15th Jan '16 4:25:05 PM by nightwyrm_zero
edited 15th Jan '16 4:29:03 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran![]()
Next to? Try within, M Ps don't leave Parliament to get drunk, they do it within stumbling distance of the chamber.
A lot, apparently when Prime Minister's Question Time was moved to before lunch instead of after things calmed down a lot, as M Ps hadn't just had 2-3 beers with their lunch.
edited 15th Jan '16 5:20:37 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranIndeed; there's a bar for each house in that gap between the Palace and the Thames.
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edited 15th Jan '16 5:31:07 PM by Deadbeatloser22
"Yup. That tasted purple."
You think our stuff can be bad try to Czech stuff, I was wobbly after 1 of those things, now I admit I'm a lightweight but that was weird even for me.
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True, but they still have to be passing laws, they can't just sit on their hands do nothing and then say Labour is making them do nothing.
edited 15th Jan '16 5:57:36 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran

edited 15th Jan '16 4:12:13 PM by Silasw
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ Cyran