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Why is a strong opposition a necessary safeguard for democracy?

There are 2 quotes I would like to use to explain myself the first one being. “ Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely ” and the second one being “ The road to hell is paved with good intentions ”. An effective opposition is necessary to provide check and balances in the government. The founding fathers of the US realized this and created different levels of government. What they did not foresee is other members using legal but non-ethical methods to prevent a law being passed i.e. filibustering a law. “Talking a bill to death” or “out talking a bill”, with unnecessary talking and time wasting as to prevent actual passing a significant bill or law. An opposition can frustrate the government and prevent any law being passed, hence making it ineffective. Without an effective opposition the government of the day, becomes dictatorial and unaccountable and could pass laws which favor a selected few or a particular tribe or group. As said “Power Corrupts”, unfortunately i...

Nobody likes a traitor

Nobody likes a traitor, especially in the conservative party where such action maybe seen as their modus operands, this time around would have none of this behaviour. What am I talking about? Michael Gove was seen as an upright and serious contender for the party leadership but all of sudden he was not. Gove and Boris How, it was the way he got there, most of the Members of Parliament (MPs) felt it was just too treacherous and deceitful for their liking. Michael Gove appears as a boring well-mannered bureaucrat, especially with the horn-rimmed spectacles. He started as a journalist and later became the Secretary of State of Education, allowing schools to become Academies if they wanted to. Then forcing others to the dismay of the Teachers, he degraded some of the GCSE results to improve standards. The Association of Teachers and Lecturers passed a ‘No Confidence’ notion at their March 2013 meeting, due to his reforms and changes to the Exam Curriculum,...