Public and Government

We often feel the need to have our government listen to us yet the only time they tend to do this is when they are looking for our votes. Only then the ear they lend us is not a true listener.

I would propose that a Government of the future should always act in the interest of the people. 

Another issue being the stealth taxes sneaked in the back door or the lack of common sense when introducing the smoking ban.

Now imagine how this country would be if you had a say in every issue of Government. Overnight we would see a real democracy. The role of any MP would effectively be as manager of the particular department. Acting on your say so and not the party whip’s. Again I emphasise that you are the true power of the country.

Any politician would like you to forget this fact. A very clever trick played on us all is how the media are linked to politics. Take for example the BBC programme Question Time. This was once a great tool for the public as no politician had any knowledge of what the question was going to be and who from. Yet the fact today is very different. All the shows are recorded a couple of hours earlier. Each audience member is vetted and each question is submitted in advance. Why?. Well the answer to that is that we do not have transparency we have a thinly disguised abuse of your trust. What is it that the BBC are frightened of doing by going back to real live shows with questions that are not vetted or the audience being carefully selected.

How often do we see politicians on television avoiding basic questions. How many times do you hear any politician give a straight yes or no answer to any question. Under my proposal this would not happen. Any politician failing to give a straight answer is failing in their job and would be sacked.

The transparency that the UK political reform is hoping for is the kind of transparency that is rule by the people and for the people.

The role of the media would also change and the political ties would be severed. Just another example of power and questionable links to Governments would be that of a major news media mogul who I cannot name for legal reasons but I am sure you know who I mean. This sort of link would not exist and by having full public interaction with the Government any kind of link would be free of favour. This form of rule would also set a global precedent and perhaps free trade would improve as political favour would cease.

Reform means you being in charge. The political structure as it stands would become a bad memory. True freedom and real democracy is your fundamental right. Not an illusion trick that it currently is.

This is a difficult issue for the country as voting is on an ever decreasing slide. Less people are voting and the simple answer as to why is that many feel that the parties are liars. The youth upon reaching voting age have very little interest and who can blame them.

One friend made a suggestion that I never thought of and am sure would win wide support if it was implemented. On the voting form is an extra 2 boxes. 1st box is for those who have no interest in voting so they mark their box for NO INTEREST. The second box is a vote saying that all the above candidates are NOT SUITABLE. The 2 new boxes are still counted and we will see for the first time in the country a real ballot. This would have to be made law so that all who are eligible to vote must do so.

So looking at the most important extra box of not suitable for all candidates would mean that many who do a protest vote will have their voice heard for the first time. All the politicians would then have to react to this form of voting as this would be the most effective for a true democracy. We would then see the reality of voting in this country when it comes to apathy and those who have no interest. In other words we will see that our governments are elected on a minority margin compared to the actual population figures. This would be deeply unpopular with most present politicians as they would see this as a direct attack on their power. This idea for a rule change on our voting system would need further debate yet I am confident that it will be a very popular topic.

MEDIA

It has been suggested that less than 3% of the UK popoulation are aware of the inconsistencies of news reports on any political issue. What this means is that 97% of the people are being deliberately misled. Of the 3% that try to report the truth, none have been given prime time or front page slots. This in itself must suggest that the media have controls put on them by other bodies; such as political. So 97% of us are not being told the truth about how our country is being run and the propoganda is never more evident than on foreign policy. Take for example the war in Iraq. We were told of weapons of mass destruction and despite the UN finding no evidence we went to war on lies which is now accepted as truth. So if it is now accepted as truth then why has there been no prosecution brought about let alone an immediate investigation. Gordon brown has said the investigation will take place but the date is yet to be decided. What reason is there to wait?

This suggests that by waiting more lies can be conjured up to hide the truth. Evidence can be lossed or shredded. Department heads will have come and gone by the time we get an investigation. This is nothing short of criminal behaviour in its self. If you need further convincing that your country is involved in mass propoganda techniques then look at the following individuals and their continued work for truth. 

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