The purpose of a parliament in a Democracy is to amend/change...

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    The purpose of a parliament in a Democracy is to amend/change laws
    in relation to current practices so that they are fair an equitable as per
    the Government of the day's electoral mandate.

    If Conservative laws and practices were ideal, then its arguable
    that parliament would not be needed, nor would elections;
    just a court/judicial system to administer the existing Conservative
    Laws and their interpretations .

    BUT we have Democracy which means a compulsory vote to elect
    Government with mandates to change the laws. That's called
    "Progressive" not necessarily RW or LW but historically somewhere
    in between.

    The Holy Roman Empire lasted for centuries (the Dark Ages)
    run on the Conservative Judeo-Christina principles where
    the Pope and his Bishops were the arbiters of political values
    and the Church body was Judge & Jury. Muslims under Sharia
    Law operate in a similar way today and we are not great fans
    of that.....eh?

    So in summary, Conservatives dont want change and as a result
    are anti-democratic because no change implies a no need for
    elected representatives to change the law ....therefore no Parliament;
    just a bureaucratic regime to administer.

    If on the other hand we want laws to be improved on an ongoing
    basis such as we have now, then that's Progressive; not Conservative
 
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