Fri 22 Feb, 2019 11:00 am - [quote="Walter Hinteler"]Well, you really have no idea how
- proportional elections work,
- our chancellor (and president) is elected.[/quote]I've heard of the concept before,... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 10:58 am - [quote="izzythepush"]You looked that up,[/quote]No, I am aware of parliamentary democracy already.
You might recall that I was just describing to MontereyJack how parliamentary... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 10:57 am - [quote="Walter Hinteler"]No.
The party that wins the majority forms its own government and appoints a Prime Minister. That's not necessarily the leader of the party.[/quote]How... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 10:27 am - [quote="izzythepush"]Go on then, explain how the Westminster system works.[/quote]You have individual districts that elect people to a legislative body. A party or coalition of parties... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 10:09 am - [quote="gungasnake"]At least a couple of the things I've read about the Assange case is that the Swedish government was under pressure from Washington to charge the guy with... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 09:57 am - [quote="izzythepush"]You sound surprised at Oralloy not understanding something. Do you want to explain the Westminster system to him or is life too short?[/quote]Unlike you, I do not... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 09:56 am - [quote="Walter Hinteler"]We even don't elect our leader - no matter, if it's the chancellor or the president of Germany - directly.
Same in the UK,[/quote]Exactly as I said.... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 08:32 am - [quote="MontereyJack"]And our system has one leader who is elected nationaly.versus parliamentary systems where the leader is elected by the elected representatives rather than... (view)
Fri 22 Feb, 2019 08:06 am - All the other first world countries divide the vote for their leader into separate winner-take-all districts.
Does this mean there is no such thing as democracy? (view)
