From: Adam Flinton 

Gene McAloon wrote:

> I don't make arguments about the obvious inadequacies of the
> parliamentary system except when utterly foolish statements are made
> about its alleged nature.
>
> To claim that the parliamentary structure has a built-in system of
> checks and balances is complete nonsense, nonsense well known to both
> Brits and Canadians of a political persuasion different from yours. The
> inadequacies of the parliamentary system are precisely the reason for
> the ever increasing movement towards junking it and adopting a
> republican form of government more or less on the US model.
>

Why on earth would they want a republic? So they can be like Iraq under
Saddam or Zimbabwe under Mugabe or North Korea under Mr Kim or Egypt under
Mubarak or Syria under Assad...?

Gee republics have such a great track record.


Adam

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