On Mon, 08 Jun 2015 09:59:28 +0100, charles wrote:

Because the alternative makes coalition governments inevitable and
mostly produces very unstable government as well. In some cases like
Belgium, they couldn‘t even manage to form govt at all for nearly
two years.

And no-one noticed.

Because its all run by the EU anyway.

And that is the point: there are only two things a UK national
government can do.

What they EU tells it to, or leave the EU.

The rest is sheer flummery.

so Westminster does nothing? Total waste of money, then. Abolish it.

Well, quite.

If Westminster really _could_ only do what the EU tells it, then there'd
be no difference at all between policy and decisions in London, Athens,
Warsaw, Berlin, Madrid, Rome etc - never mind between a Conservative or
Labour or coalition government in London.

Which is clearly utter nonsense.

Mind you, anybody who thinks "nobody noticed" in Belgium is a bit
clueless about the reality of Belgium.