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Re: Owen Paterson: Anger as Tory MP avoids suspension in rule shake-up
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Originally Posted by Damien
You can't have an unelected, 'independent' panel, sanction who can stand for Parliament. It would completely subvert our democracy.
Although the nature of Parliament means it would in the end be accountable to Parliament the fact the panel gets to select who can stand for it would give huge power to that panel.
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Absolutely, the nice thing in the UK is that nearly anyone can stand and nearly anyone could win.
Voters need to pay better attention to those standing and not just vote on party lines (or tactically). If each constituency sent a "good" MP maybe the overall standard would go up.
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