Roberto von Archimboldi on Nostr: nprofile1q…pm666 I was intrigued because from here, the UK, the US seems to have a ...

nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqkpa5ketp39gf88zs8yknr0vjd0mrnj9f3rgq0rc8ed7qvnwugv9s7pm666 (nprofile…m666) I was intrigued because from here, the UK, the US seems to have a much more democratic character. The citizens seem much more engaged in civic life are expected to vote for and participate in far more areas of the state, schools, police, prosecution, local government more generally. That seems to come across in people taking part in meetings, campaigns, parties etc. Although we have this almost entirely unelected second house in Parliament (and the only people who can stand or vote in the tiny elected bit are heredity peers of the realm ie Lords, Dukes, Ladies etc), the idea that an elected member of parliament could be replaced by someone a big wig chose would be really extraordinary.

I'm not sure why you have to have tha vacancy filled though if you don't have time for an election or why you can't just do elections with short campaigns. A by-election here is six weeks, I think. Even with primaries, why couldn't you do it in 10-12 weeks?