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Originally Posted by Lightspeed
My understanding was our democratic institutions are designed to put limits on the use of power to achieve positions of authority.
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Empirical evidence would suggest otherwise.
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And I thought that this came with a degree of good faith, that people who found themselves in positions of authority would not be primarily using that position to secure that authority.
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LOL! I like the joke you just made that flies in the face of hundreds of years of proof otherwise.
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Originally Posted by Lightspeed
Like everyone I was somewhat younger when Labour was in power. Did they also have the problem of their MPs having to step down one after the other for either abuses of their position or other problematic behaviour given their responsibilities? I remember that MP who was convicted for using illegal labour in exchange for immigration assistance. I can't recall if he held a senior position, like chair of the Law & Order committee.
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Not seeing your point here; Fact is that National have stage-managed even their screw-ups in a way that casts ALL the blame on the individuals, making the rest of the party look good in comparison. Plus with Labour busy backstabbing each other (no doubt aided by Key and others) and no one else on the Left centrist enough to attract the public, Nats are in for a while yet.