Part of the problem with the UK version of democracy is the whip system. Its a system that is particularly bad when you have, like the UK has at present, a ruli

Part of the problem with the UK version of democracy is the whip system. Its a system that is particularly bad when you have, like the UK has at present, a ruling party with a large majority. To borrow a Boris Johnson turn of phrase, the vast majority of MPs in the Commons are great supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies. The MPs will talk the talk (like all politicians do), but when the time comes to walk the walk, they don't have the guts to go against the whip.