tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post609109606355799147..comments2023-09-24T01:25:13.638-07:00Comments on Witterings from Witney: So much for the people's idea of democracy and politiciansWitteringsfromWitneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-79212794739458403422012-03-06T14:03:19.335-08:002012-03-06T14:03:19.335-08:00TW: To save me travelling to wiki (lack of fare) w...TW: To save me travelling to wiki (lack of fare) who?<br /><br />PC: As ever you make obvious points, based I suspect on a belief like mine, that the public haven't any idea of how our present democratic system works.<br /><br />TT: I know - and as PC says, so much for political awareness. As I said - these people have a vote????WitteringsfromWitneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16026875251366365154noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-10563674310581112342012-03-05T12:27:03.751-08:002012-03-05T12:27:03.751-08:0063% say for all its faults, Britain’s democratic s...<i>63% say for all its faults, Britain’s democratic system is one of the finest in the world.</i><br /><br />That might - frighteningly - be true !TomTomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-60240062073523086712012-03-05T11:19:21.258-08:002012-03-05T11:19:21.258-08:00Indeed it is mind boggling, but a little thought c...Indeed it is mind boggling, but a little thought can cast some light on these preconceptions. I suspect for most people 'politicans' refers not so much to individual MPs as to ministers and government, they do not really see backbench MPs as part of the government process. It should also be noted that many MPs are often far more 'sensible' about controversial things in the privacy of a constituency office, even though they go back to Westminster and do as the whips demand. In constituency terms many MPs do have a good record, interfacing between the individual and government or public service bureaucracy, which is why Council Officers generally loathe their local MP.<br /><br />The 2/3 professing a belief in Britain's democracy can be put down to an unhealthy mix of inadequate education, general disinterest and biased cultural assumption, or perhaps more correctly, prejudice.PeterCharlesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861279106331108648.post-66655260695647671102012-03-05T10:45:01.098-08:002012-03-05T10:45:01.098-08:00Don't forget though, that YouGov was founded b...Don't forget though, that YouGov was founded by a current MP.Twisted Roothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18028038742993461842noreply@blogger.com