Democracy?

Have you ever wondered what world our politicians inhabit? So many do not really care about anything, I believe they would say anything to stay in power. They are so far removed from the reality of everyday life they are like the old Emperors of China or the Tsars of Russia. They do not understand anything except politics and staying in power.

Labour were truly awful ,they made such a mess of this country; I don't think the 'The Monster Raving Loony Party' could have done any worse. The likes of; Ed Balls, Ed Miliband and Harriet Harman are lecturing this government on what they are doing wrong and what they should be doing. But they were part of the last government and they could not have been worse.

Let us use this analogy. Imagine asking a builder to build you an extension and you provide the finance and materials. They start off okay, but very quickly they start to make a mess of it, and after 13 years not only have they not built the extension they have left your house in a mess. They have ruptured water pipes, made holes in your roof, knocked down walls they shouldn't have, disconnected your electric and also given the keys to a bunch of Romanian Gypsies who are now living rent free in your basement. And you cannot remove them. You then ask another builder to sort out the mess, and the builder who got you in this mess sits and lectures them on what they should be doing to sort it out.

I have written before how I believe that out politicians do not know what they are doing, and the more I listen and watch them the more I realise they don't have a clue how to run the country. They do not even believe in democracy. The government lectures other countries on democracy and even goes to war over it but ignores the people of this country. They promise so much in the run up to elections but when they get into power they forget those promises and carry on as if the people do not matter.

The government decided they would bring in a semblance of democracy by allowing a debate in parliament if 100,000 people signed a petition on the government's e-petition website. This sounds good but the reality is the government will ignore what the people want and vote against it anyway. Let's take the latest example of 'democracy'; the government are going to have a debate and vote on letting the people have a referendum on our relationship with the EU.

David Cameron has ordered every Tory MP to vote against a referendum, he has said that if any minister votes against the government they will be sacked from government and if any Tory MP votes against them that will be the end of their career. So much for democracy! Labour are no better, they will vote against the proposal, and I don't need to say anything about the extremely pro EU Liberals.

This highlights the complete arrogance of the governing class and how they care about the democratic feelings of the people who elected them. David Cameron has nailed his colours to the mast, he has shown that he does not believe in anything and will doing anything to keep power. He stated in 2007 that he would give the people a referendum on our relationship with the EU but then reneged on that promise. Nick Clegg is even worse; part of his manifesto promise was an in out referendum, that promise has now been dropped. I cannot take anymore of the excuses of having to compromise within a coalition; this just gives them cart blanche to do anything and ignore all their promises.

But let's look at two issues to see what they really think about the people and democracy. Immigration is continually ignored, even though the majority of people want some sort of controls on who comes to this country. Execution, whether you agree or not in this, there is a majority who favour a return to the death penalty. But none of this fits in with how our liberal ruling elite think. They do not care, it is as if we the people are a minor distraction and irritation on their backside that needs to be brushed off, or if it cannot be brushed off it is just ignored.

Whether you believe we should leave the EU or not, or whether you believe in execution or controlling immigration surely these are such big issues that the people should have a direct say over. I believe in our parliamentary democracy, it has worked for years, I know that everything could not go to a referendum, it would not be practical. But surely if there are things that are major issues and the government is not willing to listen to the people, the people should have a direct vote. If a party was voted in on the basis of its manifesto promises but fails to follow through on very little of those promises what is the point of having a manifesto. They could say anything to get elected. Is this then true democracy?

Add to all this, those who walk the corridors of power in Brussels you will quickly realise that there is very little in the way of true democracy in so many countries. Just look at what happened in Germany recently when the German parliament voted in favour of handing more German tax payers money to the Greeks. A majority of Germans did not want to do this but those in power ignored them. The IMF, ECB and EU are now telling the Greeks, Spanish and Italians how they should govern, they are telling them to cut public spending (which they probably need to) or else, That's democracy for you!

The EU ignored the French and Dutch in 2005 in regards to the EU constitution, the Irish in 2008 and made them vote again on the Lisbon Treaty, they got their way. The Slovakian parliament has voted against handing more money to the Greeks, but will have another vote. You could argue that at least they are voting and surely this is democracy. But I cannot see that it is, continually making someone vote until you get the answer you want is not what I call democracy.

This brings me back to our politicians and what world they live in. I do not believe they really understand, nor do I believe that many of them really care about the people who elected them. I do not believe that anything is ever really going to change as long as the people of this country continue to vote for the usual suspects. Until the people start to look elsewhere and vote for someone who really understands and who really cares nothing is going to change.