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Originally Posted by Sparrow
Well, in the UK at least, we can have majority governments with minority support (as we have now).
And once in power, a majority government is pretty much an elected dictatorship for the duration of its term.
We don't have a system of proportional representation, so it's only the votes of a few thousand people in marginal constituencies that determine who will govern.
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I don't agree, Sparrow. A government serves at the pleasure of the sovereign. Perhaps I have more "faith" in the system than you do, but I truly believe that no government in this country could succeed in turning itself into a tyranny. For one thing, it does not have direct "command" of the armed forces, or the police.