Comment by 9JollyOtter
5 hours ago
That why they have party whips and threaten deselections for people that have their own ideas.
Many of these people would not be in Parliament if they weren't selected by the party. Most people vote for a party, not the MP. So why would it benefit the MP to have their own views when they can just parrot whatever they've been told to? It doesn't.
The most ridiculous thing about UK politics is that there is zero residency requirement.
There is always something in the UK where I find out something utterly ridiculous is allowed, yet they are quite happy to legislate thousands of other things.