4 thoughts on “Has Our Nation Got the Politicians it Deserves?”
Kit
No. It is a small group of floating voters , referred to as the school gate mums by pollsters, that have given us this government. Isn’t democracy great.
I’ve never really agreed with the idea that a few people decide the election. Whilst I see the point that a small swing gets a large result, it takes everyone else to stick to their usual patterns for the outcome to result. If everyone else didn’t bother then the outcome would be very different, so a large number bear responsibility.
Monty
“Our MPs now are largely professional politicians, which is the root of the problem. They go into politics to make, if not money, then certainly a decent living.”
That is a large measure of the problem. By and large they have never had to survive in a competitive, results based environment. Once they see the advantages of public sector non-jobs, they learn to fear real accountability.
No. It is a small group of floating voters , referred to as the school gate mums by pollsters, that have given us this government. Isn’t democracy great.
Voting for them?
I’ve never really agreed with the idea that a few people decide the election. Whilst I see the point that a small swing gets a large result, it takes everyone else to stick to their usual patterns for the outcome to result. If everyone else didn’t bother then the outcome would be very different, so a large number bear responsibility.
“Our MPs now are largely professional politicians, which is the root of the problem. They go into politics to make, if not money, then certainly a decent living.”
That is a large measure of the problem. By and large they have never had to survive in a competitive, results based environment. Once they see the advantages of public sector non-jobs, they learn to fear real accountability.