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You say that like it's a bad thing
It's not, but it's a shame that the standards of Parliament have dropped to such a level that it is necessary.
Galactic understatement aside, the last 12 years of Tory rule has a lot to answer for, it may take a long time (and several more changes) before we get anywhere near back to a situation where things aren't so short term (and short term now is days not even 5 years of a normal ruling term) and Governments can quelle horreur actually do things for the long term benefit of the country even if this means taking on and continuing things from previous/opposition parties.
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it may take a long time (and several more changes) before we get anywhere near back to a situation where things aren't so short term
The interesting question for me is how much of the instability of the Conservative party is being driven by its internal structures (i.e. the relationship of Cabinet to 1922 to MPs to members), and whether Labour would be vulnerable to the same issues if in power.
My memory of the Blair years was that even when things were going badly there was little talk of the PLP or membership being able to disrupt the succession?
NickCJ
You say that like it's a bad thing - isn't their job to challenge the gov't and exert as much influence over Parliamentary proceedings as possible? When the administration is riding roughshod over procedure and its own manifesto you can hardly accuse Labour of being anti-democratic or going against the "will of the people".