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6. Evolved really since about the 14th century, and you could say that it stepped forward with the women's

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:18 AM

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right to vote in 1918. During the 18th and parts of the 19th century, seats could pretty much be bought and any vote was by male landowners.

EDIT : The biggest failing currently, is their first past the post system, so if you have 10 people running for a seat (like a congressional district) the person with the most votes wins, rather than the one who wins a plurality of the votes. So they could have 30% of the vote and be elected. There is no proportional representation, hence seats can remain in one party's control for generations.

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Will Keir Starmer be gone by Friday 13th? [View all] malaise Yesterday OP

I'm barely dimly aware of the British Parliament's traditions and methods bucolic_frolic Yesterday #1

It's superior, in my view (I'm Canadian) to the cumbersome US system. Swede Yesterday #2

Thanks, so theirs is more nuanced and situational, ours is more mechanical. bucolic_frolic Yesterday #3

They feared a monarchy and kinda created one with the office of the President. Swede Yesterday #4

Evolved really since about the 14th century, and you could say that it stepped forward with the women's OnDoutside Yesterday #6

As an American, I agree 100%. I remember Eugene McCarthy said a bronxiteforever Yesterday #5

Also, parliamentary systems allow for the formation of multi-party coalitions Ocelot II Yesterday #7

The BBC political correspondent was explaining it's harder for Labour to bin a leader than the Tories muriel_volestrangler Yesterday #8