Our system is broken. And yet we accept it.
Historically, whilst not perfect, Britain has been a global example in the implementation of democracy. Sadly, what we have today is not fit for purpose. Take a step back and look honestly at the system we run on, and you realise how broken and mad it really is. And yet we accept it.
This produces implosive moments like Liz Truss overriding the Bank of England's advice and adding an estimated £30 billion to the public debt. In almost any other role that would be treated as negligence and carry real consequences. Political parties are, at root, a form of control, conditioning us to pick a side and swallow all of its promises, which it may or may not keep once in office.
Every 4½ years you:
- Choose a “party” to follow, then accept all of its views, and a representative at a local level.
- Those local representatives, MPs, have a leader.
- The winning party's leader is handed the running of the country.
- That leader gives their MPs jobs they have no experience doing, and are overpaid to do.
- The opposition, wanting those same jobs, argue and mock each other in a televised debate.
Imagine you could decide the perfect way to govern. That is what this site aspires to be. Our country will not be fixed until we confront this, and it never will be, because the present system suits those it empowers.
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