Well said. I wonder if there is a political realignment going on? The main stream parties seem to be more alike and both disconnected from a significant proportion of our population. The sheer arrogance of the majority of representatives in parliament toward our electorate is staggering. The elites thumbing their noses at the plebs. I think your message and outline of the problems politicians should be focused on is refreshing. Can I suggest one more. Education, we want our schools focusing on maximising our kids potential and not indoctrinating them. We need recognition that we need to improve vocational education and training (including proper apprenticeships) for the non academics among us. Vocational education is not inferior to academic education and needs rebalancing! The need for degrees for entry into the police and nursing is ludicrous. Why we cant train enough of our own nurses in the UK is an absolute scandal. One of the reasons for Brexit was the end of cheap foreign labour, which large organisations have benefitted from by slashing training and paying lower wages for our own population - this needs reversing and controlling our own borders is necessary, along with investment in our own people.
Well said. I wonder if there is a political realignment going on? The main stream parties seem to be more alike and both disconnected from a significant proportion of our population. The sheer arrogance of the majority of representatives in parliament toward our electorate is staggering. The elites thumbing their noses at the plebs. I think your message and outline of the problems politicians should be focused on is refreshing. Can I suggest one more. Education, we want our schools focusing on maximising our kids potential and not indoctrinating them. We need recognition that we need to improve vocational education and training (including proper apprenticeships) for the non academics among us. Vocational education is not inferior to academic education and needs rebalancing! The need for degrees for entry into the police and nursing is ludicrous. Why we cant train enough of our own nurses in the UK is an absolute scandal. One of the reasons for Brexit was the end of cheap foreign labour, which large organisations have benefitted from by slashing training and paying lower wages for our own population - this needs reversing and controlling our own borders is necessary, along with investment in our own people.
A very interesting article.
my suggestion to improve the quality of local democracy in County/borough councils is this:
One third of Cllrs directly elected FPTP for individual ward.
one third from a party list proportional to total votes cast over whole authority area.
Final third, the radical suggestion, chosed at random from the electoral role, like a jury!
Just an idea, I did get to make a short piece on BBC politics in the NE on it a few years ago.
Wow that the first time anyone has summarised my views almost 100%. Well done.