We have the same system here and it's dysfunctional. There are parties acting like hive minds, and any deviation from the party line is severely frowned upon, individual politicians are not "supposed" to exhibit nuanced positions. You're either with the party line, or you're out (we call the process of outing "peeling", and some very interesting one-day "parties" have come out of it).

We've been talking about the necessity of a majoritary (i.e. for-a-person) vote here, but I don't think any party really means it. Nobody would want to let go of their meal, would they?

Meritocratic technocracy will never become a reality here.