'British Democracy Is a Farce'

[minestrone]

British democracy is an a la carte kebab. We never invented it but we made it work, now we seem to be on a mission to destroy that.

I have 3 councilors, an MSP, an MP and a MEP, three parliaments, Scots law, UK law and European law and these people are more obsessed with each day informing me what I can and cannot do. The SNP are now pushing through an 'offended law' where they admit singing God Save the Queen in certain circumstances will get you arrested. Madness I tell ye. It was all working out quite well until we let people who invent laws for a living in charge.

[Sysman]

Don't the Swiss have some sort of blocking referenda mechanism; sounds like a good way of keeping the politicos in check.

Wiki on the subject

The possibility of facultative referendums forces the parliament to search for a compromise between the major interest groups. In many cases, the mere threat of a facultative referendum or of an initiative is enough to make the parliament adjust a law.

[Addanc]

Wiki on the subject

Looks good, do you think the LibLabCon will sign-up to this?