[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

I struggle with this.

[alancalverd]

No. If I have elected a good representative, I'm happy for her to stay in post as long as she is prepared to do so. But since most MPs now think their job is to represent the party, not the electorate, the world would be a better place if they burned in hell.

[Bored chemist]

the world would be a better place if they burned in hell.

They possibly do; but only after they have done the damage in this world so that's not good enough.
It would be better if there was a simple mechanism for getting them sacked when they fail to deliver.
For example, we could have got rid of Boris ages ago.

[Petrochemicals]

There should be a limit to which party gets to rule, the USA seems to be a never ending succession of politicians who are elected on the promise of reversing the previous administrations actions, it is a wonder anything ever gets done.

[alancalverd]

Problem with the USA and other dictatorships is the existence of a president with overriding discretion on all sorts of matters and no democratic accountability. Doesn't matter whether he is elected or kills his way to the top, the entire country (and any he chooses to invade) is subject to his ignorance, incompetence and perverse whims.

Sadly the UK has moved towards a de facto unelected presidency since the loathsome Thatcher appointed arselickers to the Cabinet, but at least the Head of State is removed from the taint of politics and personal greed, and has the wit to seek good advice.

[Bored chemist]

but at least the Head of State is removed from the taint of politics and personal greed, and has the wit to seek good advice.

Unfortunately, the govt ignores her.
You may recall the current heap of **** lying to her about illegally proroguing parliament to prevent discussion of their antidemocratic policies.

[alancalverd]

There is no record of BJ telling the truth about anything, AFAIK. Problem is  that the Press won't hold him to account for lying to Parliament. Even Channel 4 News has been banging on about his being fined for breaking the law (stand up anyone who hasn't had a speeding ticket) but ignoring the fact that he repeatedly lied to Parliament about it.

My grandmother used to say "you can trust a thief but not a liar".

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

Problem with the USA and other dictatorships

My country is not a dictatorship.

[alancalverd]

Lucky you. But anyone who lived in Trumpia knows what happens when you give absolute power to a corrupt and incompetent president.

[Origin]

Lucky you. But anyone who lived in Trumpia knows what happens when you give absolute power to a corrupt and incompetent president.

I know you are trying to make a point, but stating clear falsehoods like, the president of the USA has absolute power, will tend to make people dismiss your opinion.

[Bored chemist]

but stating clear falsehoods like, the president of the USA has absolute power,

Nobody stated that.
Trumpians can extrapolate.

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

Being that the UK still has a monarchy, a brit can hardly pass judgment on the failings of our democracy.

[Bored chemist]

Being that the UK still has a monarchy, a brit can hardly pass judgment on the failings of our democracy.

What do  you think the Queen actually does?

[alancalverd]

What the monarch does is to act as head of state without the taint of politics and all the loathsome paraphenalia of modern electioneering. (S)he has no need to appeal to xenophobia, greed, or any of the other vices of the electorate.

[Bored chemist]

What the monarch does is to act as head of state

So, she appears on stamps and banknotes.
PiM seems to think she writes the laws.

[alancalverd]

So, she appears on stamps and banknotes.

Thus denoting the state in which said currency is legal tender, and implying all the laws rules and customs appurtenant to that state, including the authority of the military to defend that state with lethal force. What more do you need in a head of state? 

[Bored chemist]

So, she appears on stamps and banknotes.

Thus denoting the state in which said currency is legal tender, and implying all the laws rules and customs appurtenant to that state, including the authority of the military to defend that state with lethal force. What more do you need in a head of state? 

The point remains , PiM seems to think she makes laws.

[Petrochemicals]

Being that the UK still has a monarchy, a brit can hardly pass judgment on the failings of our democracy.

Unfortunately your merry go round is almost entirely founded in British values experience and history.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Coke

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Locke

[alancalverd]

The point remains , PiM seems to think she makes laws.

Unlike Conservative members of Parliament, she has to obey the laws that Parliament makes*. Which is why she is a better representative of the British people than any elected president could be.

*With one exception.  All public roads are legally "The Queen's Highway" so she doesn't need a vehicle registration plate on her own cars!  And unlike the criminals and incompetents elected to high office in the USA, she doesn't need a military motorcade to travel between home and work.

[Pseudoscience-is-malarkey (OP)]

You Brits elected a man named BJ...