BG> It also sucks that two completely separate political parties are
BG> allowed to band together in order to challenge the popular vote.

DD> What got me was some "expert" saying that the independant had to
DD> "sign papers" and align herself with one or other of the parties.

DD> Some independant!

RS> Or you could try putting your brain into gear and decide its tripe.

DD> My brain was in gear, that's why it struck me as peculiar.

I dont believe it. Its tripe, otherwise they wouldnt have been speculating on
whether she would support Borbridge or Goss if she held the balance of power.

Maybe you have just mangled the question of WHICH of the two gets government
if they have equal numbers of seats and there is one independent. In THAT
case she would determine which was government, but wouldnt be signing any
guarantee that she would always vote for any particular bill with that party
that got government. But then not even party members do that, you can always
'cross the floor' if you want to. Corse you stand a good chance of fucking
your re-endorsement prospects for the NEXT election too if you dont watch out.

DD> It doesn't really mean a great deal to me though as I don't
DD> bother to vote.  I find that voting just encourages the buggers.

Fine by us, we dont really want you ignorant foreigners voting anyway |-)

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