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Edited on Mon Jun-08-09 11:34 AM by fedsron2us
but I think it sums up most of what is wrong in British politics
And that is why the mainstream parties (especially Labour) will continue in their "we know whats best for you" attitude to politics, precisley because they believe that will never happen - and that these sorts of 'freak' voter actions wont be replicated in the only election they think really matters, the general election .........until of course they do!
I have spoken to many party political activists and MPs over time, across the spectrum, and as stated above, they simply "do not get it!". They do not grasp the concept that they get voted out because the great unwashed masses (i.e citizenry) just plain dont agree with their worldview and how the world should be run. It is also in large part because, mostly, they do not have a 'Plan B' or the simple ability to consider/think of alternative approaches to socio-economic issues, i.e what do we do if A doesnt work?. They just keep pushing on with the same failed experiments, believing that A did not work because they somehow did not implement it properly - or worse, that they failed to sufficiently convince the public of its merits.
To the modern labour politician none of their ideas is bad, it is just that the public dont understand them.
They cannot grasp the concept that IF an idea is broadly thought of as good, then the public wont need endless brainwashing to be made to think it is good - the idea will sell itself.
They believe ID cards are a good idea- the public does not.
They believe a war is necessary - the public does not.
The list is almost endless.
In each case we need to be educated as to why they are good for us.
At the same time they patronise us with soundbites, telling us humbly how "we need to listen more to the public", with no intention of doing any such thing. Everytime a party suffers a bad result we get told that they are "going to listen" to what we have to say - and they really believe that we are stupid enough to fall for this simplistic brush off.
The end result of practising politics in this manner is that, over time, you end up disenfranchising vast swathes of the public - and people will walk over to listen to whoever claims to be on your side and understand your problems.
Just shouting through megaphone denouncing the voters for their apathy or their crypto facist sympathies is going to achieve SFA if you do not have any coherent policies that address peoples concerns. At the moment the established parties of the left have none. Nor I suspect does David Cameron. No wonder Griffin is so f*cking happy.
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