"On the BBC this morning it said that the Tories were going to introduce legislation to guarantee that the government would last a full five years. In other words Parliament would not be able to pass a vote of no confidence in the government and Liberal MPs were voting to prop up the government whatever legislation they introduce. So whatever the Tories do the Liberals have committed all their MPs not to vote against them. This is democracy?"

What it means is that the LibDems can vote whichever way they want because the Tories won't be able to blackmail them with the treat of another election. The existing MPs would have to work together to produce a consensus as they won't be able to absolve themselves of responsibility. It seems to work in most of the rest of the world, and I don't really believe that British politicians are any less able and intelligent than their counterparts in the Bundestag etc.