Does Britain have an adequate parliamentary system?

The government system in the United Kingdom differs significantly from the German. The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, Scotland, Wales and Ireland now have their own national parliaments and can clarify certain matters without the Parliament in London.

Traditionally there are two big parties in the United Kingdom, 'The Conservative Party' and the 'Labor Party'. Since 1988 there is a third important party, the 'Liberal Democrats'.

There is no proportional representation in the United Kingdom. The British electoral system is called 'first-past-the-post-system', which means that each constituent chooses a party or their representative, and the one who receives the most votes in a constituency is the 'Member of Parliament '(MP) of this district. The votes for the other candidates expire and are therefore so-called 'wasted votes'.

As I said in the beginning, the British parliamentary system differs from the German. Due to my lack of political knowledge, I haven’t got much of an opinion about either of them.  Although I did a lot of research in order to write this blog post, I came to no conclusion.

As a consequence, to be able to discuss such a complex topic, one should inform themselves more about politics.