> Back to this story, here we have legislators doing their job of scrutinising, and their open scrutiny is held up against the country.
> We could instead have a system where people vote on bills without knowing their contents like the US does.
UK MPs are quite capable of voting on things they haven't read, and indeed their individual opinions are irrelevant due to the whip system. Voting against the party is a rare, major event and can be punished by expulsion. The US traditionally had less party discipline, as can be seen from certain non-party-line Democrats.
> We could instead have a system where people vote on bills without knowing their contents like the US does.
UK MPs are quite capable of voting on things they haven't read, and indeed their individual opinions are irrelevant due to the whip system. Voting against the party is a rare, major event and can be punished by expulsion. The US traditionally had less party discipline, as can be seen from certain non-party-line Democrats.