Claims Quote by Franz von Papen

Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the…

— Stockwell Day

I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible.

— Benjamin Disraeli

Under the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, it is possible for other parties to change the direction of a government without bringing a government down.

— Nicola Sturgeon

I don't think any party is capable of getting a single majority on its own.

— J. Jayalalithaa

Gentl, I am a party man. I believe that, without party, Parliamentary government is impossible. I look upon Parliamentary government as the noblest government…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Ultimately, any government is one which enjoys the majority of support of members of Parliament to carry out a policy.

— Dominic Grieve

In a parliamentary democracy, it is the job of parliament to decide the law, not the government.

— Angela Rayner

And under our system, much like you see in the U.K., of course, a party working with another party can form a coalition and…

— Rick Mercer

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but…

— James Fitzjames Stephen

Government has no right to make itself a party in any debates respecting the principles or mode of forming or of changing, constitutions. It…

— Thomas Paine

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

— Ferdinand Mount