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Can Parliament make a law so heavy it cannot lift it?
I hear the new Conservative-Liberal coalition in the UK wants to set a threshold of 55% for a vote of no confidence to pass.
I understand the principle of parliamentary supremacy, but it seems to me there are certain things that can't be tampered with without compromising the effectiveness of the system, and one of them is the notion of majority rule.
What is to stop Parliament from altering or repealing the threshold next month when 51% want to bring down the government?
If this coalition lasts five years, will not the Liberal-Democrats be perceived as merely a branch of the Conservative Party?
I daresay that from this side of the Atlantic, there doesn't seem much difference among the three major UK parties anyway.
I understand the principle of parliamentary supremacy, but it seems to me there are certain things that can't be tampered with without compromising the effectiveness of the system, and one of them is the notion of majority rule.
What is to stop Parliament from altering or repealing the threshold next month when 51% want to bring down the government?
If this coalition lasts five years, will not the Liberal-Democrats be perceived as merely a branch of the Conservative Party?
I daresay that from this side of the Atlantic, there doesn't seem much difference among the three major UK parties anyway.