To tell the truth Seed, I wouldn't have gone either. Disgust tends to drain a lot of one's energy. I was speaking from the high moral ground of somebody who is too far away to be able to go anyway.

The trouble with the Parliamentary form of government, Tim--at least here--is that there is no independence of the executive, legislative and judicial. For example the MPs have voted to give themselves a hefty raise and a gererous superannuation pension and there was nothing to stop them.

There have been cases of the prime minister interfering with the high court.

The extreme case, of course was in '75 when the Queen of England fired our elected prime minister! That is not a problem with the form of government, I'll admit--more with being a colony