1) Come to think of it, I wasn't taught that at school either. Or at least I was, but it was part of Acnient History A level comparing Roman, Athenian and Modern British political systems. So not exactly mainstream programming.
The Gordon Brown "not having a mandate" thing really annoys me to. How long was John Major PM before winning an election? About two years.
2) "But just because you don't know how the world works isn't an excuse for it not working the way you want it to."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You'd have to brainwash more than half the population to eradicate THAT tendency. It's all part of the infantalised, life-on-demand culture in which we live.
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The Gordon Brown "not having a mandate" thing really annoys me to. How long was John Major PM before winning an election? About two years.
2) "But just because you don't know how the world works isn't an excuse for it not working the way you want it to."
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! You'd have to brainwash more than half the population to eradicate THAT tendency. It's all part of the infantalised, life-on-demand culture in which we live.