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Text passed? Okay I think people are further removed from democracy than in the states, as I understand it lots of options are voted on by people locally in the
by andy_ppp 3y ago
Text passed? Okay I think people are further removed from democracy than in the states, as I understand it lots of options are voted on by people locally in the US. We have zero direct democracy in the UK, only representation. There is zero way for me to get text put into a UK law as far as I am aware!
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> as I understand it lots of options are voted on by people locally in the US Yes, absolutely. But I’m talking about federal law. Two foreign policy pieces and a number of domestic laws. In this respect, our Congressmen are as local as your MPs.
- andy_ppp 3y agoI really do not think the MPs write the actual laws (a civil servant does that with some quite vague direction from elected officials) let alone allow the people contribute to them.