Electile dysfunction: constant election threat hurts Parliament

It permeates everything they do, it shortens strategic planning time frames to about three minutes and it sidelines a competent and professional civil service by the ongoing reinforcement of the principle that 'politics' trumps 'policy.'

Let there be no doubt about the fact that Parliament is not working, and let there be less doubt about the fact that the primary cause is the ongoing threat of an election. It permeates everything they do, it shortens strategic planning time frames to about three minutes, it causes bizarre action...

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