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This is a normal post It's just the fixed term parliaments act.
We ran parliament without it for centuries, while it has existed for less than a decade, and the only difference it has made in that time has been in contributing to the constitutional deadlock of Brexit.

All parties love to gerrymander the boundaries, so that's nothing new.

Basically, the sky isn't falling in (or at least, if the sky is falling in, this is just a sideshow).
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 12:35, Reply)
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It was put in place initially to help prop up Cameron's coalition government. I'd have thought given that and that all it seems to have done is create the absurd situation where a dead government was forced to limp on for months, most people would be glad to see the back of it.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 14:28, Reply)
This is a normal post Actually it was Clegg who insisted on it or he wouldn't prop up the Tories.
His fear was that, if things went well for the Tories, an election could be called at any time, and the Limp Dems would be kicked out of the coalition as they would no longer be needed to prop up a Tory minority government as the Tories would have a majority on their own.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 16:36, Reply)
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Whoever suggested it, I don't think it'll be missed if it goes.
 (I helped save b3ta! evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 17:54, Reply)
This is a normal post I think the electorate are rightly and understandably sick of votes, so anything that reduces their frequency is probably welcome.
The exception is the Scots of course. How they think they will be able to 'rejoin' the EU if/when the rest of mainland Britain has left is beyond my ken. The EU now requires any new joiners to adopt the Euro, this is non-negotiable, but their economy, even including their oil, is basket case. The open border, which has never been a real border since Hadrian, will be even more problematic than the Irish border. But an aggrieved sense of nationalism is one hell of a drug.
 (I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 19:17, Reply)
This is a normal post alright michael rimmer

(I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 20:05, Reply)
This is a normal post After googling that, and discounting the middle distance runner, I want to see that film.

(I helped save b3ta! Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 21:43, Reply)
This is a normal post lazy fucker
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_prfYb6DE
 (I helped save b3ta! artifus is doing it all wrong, Sun 15 Dec 2019, 21:52, Reply)