You can't change a play by shuffling the players. It is in the interests of government to maintain status quo instead of trying to improve our outmoded system. At the last general election the present government only received 22% support from the electorate and more than a third didn't bother to vote at all. How can that be claimed as a democratic mandate to govern?
Probably what politicians fear most is a low turnout as it undermines their democratic credibility. Among the many reasons not to vote it has now been revealed that there have been at least 42 convictions for electoral fraud in the UK in the last seven years. We all know too about the various scams MPs use to line their pockets. As soon as one form of sleaze is discovered another seems to take its place. Here's a thought too, under modern legislation, which also limits freedom of assembly and expression, the Suffragettes would undoubtedly have be classed as terrorists.
For more information see:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368818.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7370025.stm
For more information see:
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/04/368818.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7370025.stm
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