&2iHmmm. Got this from #HMgovernment:
The Government has responded to the petition you signed β βBy-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another partyβ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660
Government responded:
There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, ...It is an established constitutional principle that at UK General Elections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.
....There are no plans to make changes to the current arrangements."
Well, do they have plans to take the party affiliation of candidates off the ballot paper? If not, then this is a crock. If we vote purely for the candidate and not the party, there should be no party affiliations on the ballot.
#UKpolitics
The Government has responded to the petition you signed β βBy-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another partyβ https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/737660
Government responded:
There are no plans to make changes to the current constitutional arrangements, ...It is an established constitutional principle that at UK General Elections, voters cast their vote for individual candidates, and not the political party they represent.
....There are no plans to make changes to the current arrangements."
Well, do they have plans to take the party affiliation of candidates off the ballot paper? If not, then this is a crock. If we vote purely for the candidate and not the party, there should be no party affiliations on the ballot.
#UKpolitics
Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their elected official.
PSiReN-X 
Paul Douglas
PSiReN-X
