[edmond246]

The UK has elections every other month it seems. haha

[bruinbirdman]

"The UK has elections every other month it seems. haha "

This year Republicans have lost the last three special elections for House of Representatives, all on different dates.

The House of Commons has about 50% more members than our House of Representatives. Lots of opportunities for resignations, etc. Parliamentary elections are not every two years like in U.S.A.

yitbos

[Vanders9]

The usual reason for these “by-elections” is the death of the incumbent MP. With 650+ MP’s in total, statistically its usual to have a couple of by-elections every year.

[John Leland 1789]

So many elections is characteristic of the relative instability of a parliamentary democracy. Not that the UK is as unstable as other countries with governments that operate on a similar model — the UK, historically, has other influences that keep it floating and churning. Australia has about the same.

When parliamentary democracy is used in some of the UK’s commonwealth countries, there is much less stability because the chief stabilizer is missing or barely noticeable in society. That stabilizer, I believe, is Christianity.

The UK will become less and less stable, with its parliamentary system, the more the principles wane and the more Islam and the eastern religions becomes political forces.

I am glad for a Conservative Party victory over Labour in this bi-election, but WHAT on earth does conservatism mean anymore in the UK??