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Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by srcreigh on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @04:48PM (#30434360)
Shouldn't it be illegal for a political party to force any MP vote on any matter? The MP was voted in to represent the people, not the political party.

I guess it's a race to the bottom and impossible to prevent coercion. I just wish there was a better way.

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Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by frabbit on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @07:26PM (#30435900)
The Westminister system with party whips actually enforces this behavior. Apparently it has been getting worse:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/conservative-m...

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Re:Convoy Crackdown – power to freeze bank accounts without ... by michael1999 on Wednesday February 23, 2022 @09:08AM (#30441064)
Should? Maybe. Is? No.

But Michael Chong did get a bill through reminding MPs they can turf their leader, and it just got exercised for the first time. And some parts of the Conservative party are aghast that the lowly representatives of people overturned the will of the party.

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