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The tories back in power?
You must be joking!! youve got short memories you lot.This is the party of tax increases,the party that invented early release of prisoners,maastricht, the erm .(thanks peter hitchens) and last but not least the grotesque site of David Mellor in his chelsea shirt!!
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Party politics is the single most destructive aspect of the Parliamentary system we laughingly call �democracy�.
Originally Parliament was the forum where local representatives lobbied on behalf of their constituents according to their wishes on each individual topic. Obviously the majority view ultimately prevailed, but at least the electorate could be sure that their views on each issue were properly aired.
Today that is not so. The electorate in England (and to a large extent in the rest of the UK as well) has a choice of, essentially, two packages. Neither of these really suits anybody. Each is simply a mish-mash of policies which the parties hope will cause fewest people to either abstain or vote against them next time round. Nobody really votes �for� a party, but either not at all or against the one they dislike the most. (This is evident from sambro�s question).
Unless your wishes coincide with the policies of one of the two main parties, you are effectively disenfranchised. So-called �maverick� MPs are sidelined and made to look foolish or are branded crackpots. Many of them are branded �extremists� when all they are doing usually is to put forward the views of their constituents. It�s just unfortunate that their constituent�s views and requirements do not coincide with the party line, and they have had the temerity to say so. The electorate deserves better than this.
Shortly after Tony Blair was elected PM he clearly stated that he did not see the role of back benchers as one of shaping government policy to meet the electorate�s wishes, but one of persuading the electorate that the government�s policies are best for them. At least he had the courage to put plainly what successive governments have thought for probably 50 years or more. But is that view really democratic and in the best interests of the country?
Originally Parliament was the forum where local representatives lobbied on behalf of their constituents according to their wishes on each individual topic. Obviously the majority view ultimately prevailed, but at least the electorate could be sure that their views on each issue were properly aired.
Today that is not so. The electorate in England (and to a large extent in the rest of the UK as well) has a choice of, essentially, two packages. Neither of these really suits anybody. Each is simply a mish-mash of policies which the parties hope will cause fewest people to either abstain or vote against them next time round. Nobody really votes �for� a party, but either not at all or against the one they dislike the most. (This is evident from sambro�s question).
Unless your wishes coincide with the policies of one of the two main parties, you are effectively disenfranchised. So-called �maverick� MPs are sidelined and made to look foolish or are branded crackpots. Many of them are branded �extremists� when all they are doing usually is to put forward the views of their constituents. It�s just unfortunate that their constituent�s views and requirements do not coincide with the party line, and they have had the temerity to say so. The electorate deserves better than this.
Shortly after Tony Blair was elected PM he clearly stated that he did not see the role of back benchers as one of shaping government policy to meet the electorate�s wishes, but one of persuading the electorate that the government�s policies are best for them. At least he had the courage to put plainly what successive governments have thought for probably 50 years or more. But is that view really democratic and in the best interests of the country?
i believe that the country was never as well off as they were under thatcher.
lots of people benefitted from her time in office including all the ones who bought their council houses cheap.
a lot of people and i am NOT singling out any one here will be worried about camerons intentions of stopping benefits for people who are pickey about what jobs they want.
this country is in a real mess under this government
lots of people benefitted from her time in office including all the ones who bought their council houses cheap.
a lot of people and i am NOT singling out any one here will be worried about camerons intentions of stopping benefits for people who are pickey about what jobs they want.
this country is in a real mess under this government
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