• janeshep@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    The UK has also had multiple unelected prime ministers due to the way that the parliamentary system works.

    That’s… not any indicator democracy is “on the wane”. In most Western European countries we don’t directly vote for the one man/woman, we vote for MPs because the legislative power is in the hands of the Parliament. As long as the Parliament is made of elected MPs then democracy is working just fine.

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      1 year ago

      Sure on paper but reality is people vote for the leader of the party.