New Posts For Thread: political parties... why do we need them.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-themIn Greece where democracy was invented there were no political parties. You could stand as someone with strong opinions. get voted on your own beliefs. Once in parliament when a bill to be voted on, there would be no forced allegiances to Tory or Labbribery and mayhem? we got that. bribery rewards after you leave office.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543388599#543388599bribery and mayhem? we got that. bribery rewards after you leave office.Mon, 02 Feb 2015 11:18:37 -0600Democracy can only work over short periods of time. It contains the fatal flaw of allowing everyone to vote. This if given time inevitably means chaos and destruction. Democracy should instead be an ideal, a way of looking at the world and an attempthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543278637#543278637Democracy can only work over short periods of time. It contains the fatal flaw of allowing everyone to vote. This if given time inevitably means chaos and destruction. Democracy should instead be an ideal, a way of looking at the world and an attemptMon, 26 Jan 2015 12:59:24 -0600"If democracy changed anything it would be abolished" Mr Ken Livingstonehttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543276509#543276509"If democracy changed anything it would be abolished" Mr Ken LivingstoneMon, 26 Jan 2015 10:12:33 -0600minoraty* minorityhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543276403#543276403minoraty* minorityMon, 26 Jan 2015 10:02:55 -0600Jeeezzzzus, I thought I was reading something from the Green loonie manifesto.Your belief about Greek democracy is infantile at best. Athenian democracy the first "democracy" only allowed male men to vote, which meant that between 30 to 50,000 from ahttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543275955#543275955Jeeezzzzus, I thought I was reading something from the Green loonie manifesto.Your belief about Greek democracy is infantile at best. Athenian democracy the first "democracy" only allowed male men to vote, which meant that between 30 to 50,000 from aMon, 26 Jan 2015 09:27:07 -0600I like the Party bags !https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543275561#543275561I like the Party bags !Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:00:44 -0600What a recipe for bribery and mayhem.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543275553#543275553What a recipe for bribery and mayhem.Mon, 26 Jan 2015 09:00:12 -0600In Greece where democracy was invented there were no political parties. You could stand as someone with strong opinions. get voted on your own beliefs. Once in parliament when a bill to be voted on, there would be no forced allegiances to Tory or Labhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30425935/political-parties-why-do-we-need-them?post_id=543275491#543275491In Greece where democracy was invented there were no political parties. You could stand as someone with strong opinions. get voted on your own beliefs. Once in parliament when a bill to be voted on, there would be no forced allegiances to Tory or LabMon, 26 Jan 2015 08:57:22 -0600