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Ahh, so it's the same as here in the UK. You can have other parties, they just can't ever challenge the big two. I mean, there's no rule, or anything. It just never happens.
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There's a slght difference though in the way our local MP's theoretically work for thier local constiuency and as such, can be effective even without being a member of the two primary parties. For example, our MP is Norman Baker, a Lib Dem and in the last couple of years he's won a ton of funding for flood defences in Lewesm as well as being the primary instigator for the MP's expenses scandal and one of the main driving forces behind the Iraq war enquiry. Sure he's unlikely to ever form part of a government (Unless we get a hung parliament come election time which is not entirely unlikely) but he's a damn good MP and will continue winning elections here until he retires I imagine, especially given the competition these days. Also Scotland has more SIP or whatever they're called MP's than Tories so it's pretty open up there. The Tories and Labour would like you to think we have a two party system but we really don't, at least not to the extent the US has.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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