▲ 124 ▼ In the United Kingdom, there’s a tradition of letting the political party of any lawmaker assassinated in an act of political violence run unopposed in the by-election. (lemmy.world) submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world 12 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Batley_and_Spen_by-election It lets people know violence cannot change the balance of power.
[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 child) Don't think that's true in the US. Jus sayin' permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burks permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Burks permalink fedilink source parent