On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 10:44:58 GMT, Tony Bryer
wrote:

In article , Andy Hall
wrote:
Thatcher entered government because a majority of people voted for
members of her party. It is the British form of democracy.

The first sentence is true. The second is not necessarily true: in 1951
Churchill became PM despite the Conservatives getting less votes
(though more seats) than Labour:

Con 12,660,061 votes 44.3% 302 seats
Lab 13,948,883 48.8% 295
Lib 730,546 2.6% 6


Of course, which is why I added "British form" of democracy.

All of them are broken in one way or another.


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..andy

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