Party politics is a system that no longer works, not just in the UK, but elsewhere as well.
There are many areas in the UK where a person will get elected to parliament purely on the colour of the rosette that they wear regardless of their abilities.
There can be nobody in their right mind that would vote for a racist, retarded, black woman who can’t dress herself correctly.
Dianne Abbott for instance, is a Member of Parliament only because she represents a party that the majority of her constituents have always voted for.
She may be the prime example of the system failure, but I don’t think that there are more than a handful of Members of Parliament that would have been elected on their own merits.
The elation that these people show when the election results are received is not because they are finally in a position to make positive changes for the lives of the people that voted for them.
They are elated because they have won a lucrative job, far in excess of their abilities, and they can live their own lives with their snout in the public trough for the coming years.
There can’t be many members of the tax paying public that agree that they should pay for their chosen candidate’s food, drinks, housing, travel, duck houses and every other expense that can possibly be claimed.
But that is what comes with the job.
Out of the rabble that get elected a Prime Minister will create a Cabinet of croneys who, for the most part have absolutely no qualities to do their jobs.
A Health Secretary who is not a medical professional.
A Foreign Secretary who can speak no other languages.
A Defence Secretary who has never served in the armed forces.
The list goes on…….
When a Cabinet reshuffle is called for the stupidly continues.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was given that position despite the fact that they could not balance their own personal finances is moved to the position of Climate Change Secretary, having no background in science whatsoever. For instance.
The role of the opposition party is now ridiculous.
They see themselves as being there to criticise every action of the ruling party.
Even when it is clear that there is a solution to a particular problem the opposition will argue purely out of principle.
The solution to this complete fuck-wittery is to do away with party politics all together (although I realise that turkeys do not vote for Christmas).
Each constituency should be given a list of candidates to choose from based on their abilities and vision for the future for the electorate in that constituency.
Any mention of an affiliation with a political party will immediately bar a candidate from standing for election.
A reasonable salary and scrutinised expenses should be the reward for the job.
If you divide the population of the UK by the number of Members of Parliament then each elected member would be responsible for just over 100,000 people.
For an intelligent, motivated and independent Member of Parliament, with vision and determination, that is not such a big deal.
Nominated by: The Artful Cunter
