tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post5254713458844267659..comments2024-03-24T23:22:43.753+00:00Comments on Tony's Musings: Suggestions for Dissolving the StatesTonyTheProfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-5488553691468715552014-07-16T07:50:57.753+00:002014-07-16T07:50:57.753+00:00Do not agree with James - as with the comments I g...Do not agree with James - as with the comments I gave on the Welsh National Assembly, you see that the Ministers stay on in a caretaker role until the new ones come in. <br /><br />The main factor is that they cannot bring in or vote on any legislation. Party politics doesn't come into it.TonyTheProfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10486414706261508994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-10399835185227430162014-07-16T07:44:31.954+00:002014-07-16T07:44:31.954+00:00One of the benefits of rolling three or four year ...One of the benefits of rolling three or four year elections is this problem is diminished as 2/3rd or 3/4ths will still be there in the new assembly so the old budget has some legitimacy. You also get annual elections which keeps elected members on their toes! But you lose the general election aspect.Mark Forskitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189827278867422775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9095270985170721876.post-2036974781531422442014-07-16T05:36:09.758+00:002014-07-16T05:36:09.758+00:00Tony,
all of this stands or falls on the basis of...Tony,<br /><br />all of this stands or falls on the basis of there being party politics. <br /><br />If you have a party with a clear majority, you know who the prime minister will be, and s/he will have a team and a plan in waiting.<br /><br />Equally if you have a large party which cannot command an overall majority you can normally expect a coalition to be formed in days rather than weeks. The only significant exceptions that come to mind are Belgium and Israel.<br /><br />But I can guarantee you that if you do not have any sort of formal party structure and party lines, it is impossible to know who will be running the show until you have the grand debate on who gets which of the ministerial roles. In those circumstances you either have to use the existing assembly for continuity - or you have no government.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09194881271051758232noreply@blogger.com