tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post5092091151237108737..comments2023-08-26T16:36:17.260+01:00Comments on Ministry Of Truth: Baroness Helena Kennedy QCthe Ministerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03302224469737271112noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post-81931633310456873662007-03-19T15:57:00.000+00:002007-03-19T15:57:00.000+00:00Rich or poor, you elect these people to deal with ...Rich or poor, you elect these people to deal with the business of running the country on your behalf. You don't have the time, the interest or the energy - you simply TRUST them to do it on your behalf. Kennedy seems to want many more of us to be involved, participate actively etc. That's not gonna happen. Why should it ? That's what we elect and pay them for. If we wanted to be more involved you could have a much more referenda-based set up.<BR/><BR/>The point of a Parliamentary democracy is that we shouldn't have to participate too much - so0 long as our elected representatives are honest with us. Therein lies the problem - once we perceive them to be liars (irrespective of the truth in that) when you've a system that can't hold them to account with any degree of satisfaction - you end up saying "fuck it" and not bothering to vote.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post-81401683233777626512007-03-19T13:31:00.000+00:002007-03-19T13:31:00.000+00:00Gilgamesh - I really don’t think the less privileg...Gilgamesh - I really don’t think the less privileged classes have a monopoly on political disaffection. In my experience, those people you think of as “privileged” care a great deal about the way the country is run -perhaps if only because they have more to lose. You ask the privileged classes how they feel about the banning of hunting (a campaign led by Blair, a man so passionate about the cause that he failed to vote on all but one occasion). Ask them how they feel about the persecution of fee paying schools, which the current government are doing their best to destroy. Similarly, the raiding of the pension funds by Labour left a lot of people you might consider “privileged” very, very angry indeed.<BR/><BR/><B>Everyone</B> feels the impact of this government’s deceit and mismanagement. Not just the poor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post-20860188571830201652007-03-19T11:14:00.000+00:002007-03-19T11:14:00.000+00:00"She seems to have missed the link between the two..."She seems to have missed the link between the two. WE HAVE NO SAY WHEN THEY LIE."<BR/><BR/>you've hit the nail on the headAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post-85479428212416003152007-03-19T11:12:00.000+00:002007-03-19T11:12:00.000+00:00I'm actually surprised that so many people believe...I'm actually surprised that so many people believe that our current politicial system is perfect (when I talk to various people I know, this is the reaction I get). Perhaps the people I've asked come from a more privileged group and consequently don't care too much because they don't feel the impact. I agree with Helena Kennedy:<BR/><BR/>'Politics and government are increasingly slipping back into the hands of the privileged elites as if democracy has run out of steam'Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5916651228966715021.post-54689224769953211462007-03-19T10:53:00.000+00:002007-03-19T10:53:00.000+00:00Kennedy makes two points -the initial "they're lia...Kennedy makes two points -the initial "they're liars" and the second "the electorate have no say".<BR/><BR/>She seems to have missed the link between the two. WE HAVE NO SAY WHEN THEY LIE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com