Politicians
Suddenly politicians are to be seen everywhere, with nervous smiles covering promises that few believe they will keep should they ever gain power.Our national puppet looks nervous. Perhaps he will soon realise that too many of us did not want to invade Iraq, and even fewer now understand what has been gained from such a pointless waste.
Blair is lucky to have the old Romanian in opposition as he certainly does have 'something of the night' about him, as shown by his recent decision to sack, and destroy the career of Howard Flood, his Deputy Chairman. Blair does seem the lesser of two evils. Personally I'd love the Liberal Democrats to be regarded as a viable vote - we could do with a hung parliament, to bring a vesture ofdemocracy back to Parliament.
We live in a dictatorship. My vote is worthless. I live in an area where the political party I despise holds sway. My vote, if made, will be worthless because the incumbent will be returned, as he has always been. In the past five years he has hardly put a foot in my town, he does little to help anyone, but is seen by the populace as a 'good sound chap'. That's not an argument I can ever win, so I will remain disenfranchised, along with most of the population.
There could be alternatives. The Internet, indeed all forms of communication could be used to ask the people what they would like to happen. They certainly would not have agreed to invade Iraq. The will of the people was ignored, and taking a country to war is a very serious act.
There are problems with allowing the people to have control. We are judged to be stupid, incapable of understanding the nuances of political decision making. Until it comes to voting for these people in an election.
posted by Suffolk Notes @ 10:11 am
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