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Originally Posted by Bibio
bit off topic...
why do we have political parties? would it not be better to have constituency candidates who people vote for and the winners make up the Gov. same goes for all the leading positions like the chancellor and the prime minister.
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With one or two exceptions, independent candidates regularly get stuffed by the organised parties.
Labour and Conservatives can turn up in marginal consistencies with a battle bus stuffed with well known MPs to push their message, spend thousands on TV and poster campaigns, and have their activists knocking on doors. There's not much an independent candidate can do to compete with them.