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Laelth

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6. I am extremely fond of this feature of the UK system.
Fri Mar 20, 2020, 11:22 AM
Mar 2020

The main benefit is that each side gets equal time in front of the press. Not only does the Foreign Minister get to speak before the press on issues of international relations. The Shadow Foreign Minister is given press time after the actual, government Foreign Minister speaks. This system prevents the party in power from monopolizing the media narrative.

-Laelth

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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