the original intent of parliament was that MPs should represent the interests of their constituents
and a national government should be formed out of a consensus of those representatives

But now we effectively elect a party and a leader and the more senior an MP becomes, the more separated from his constituency interests
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:50, 1 reply, 10 years ago)

No, you must be wrong.
There was a nice an angry man on the radio, last week, explaining that the televised debates were pointless, as we don't vote for the party leaders.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:53, Reply)

we shouldn't
but there have been loads of polls showing that people are far more likely to know the names of the party leaders than of their local representatives and candidates

This is a genuine case of BROKEN BRITAIN
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:56, Reply)

Are we any nearer to a case of something actually GOING MAD yet?

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 12:58, Reply)

it's still a neck-and-neck race between Health'n'Safety and Political Correctness

(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:05, Reply)

I reckon it's political correctness gone mad that you can't punch a colleague when you're hungry.
#satire
( Slippery Mick ‏, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:10, Reply)

It's good that someone took a poll to find out the staggeringly obvious.

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:01, Reply)

sometimes the staggeringly obvious turns out to be false
that's why we have SCIENCE
(old man river possible lesbian, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:05, Reply)

Science ought to spend less time dicking about with opinion polls,
and solve world hunger, or something.
( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 11 Mar 2015, 13:19, Reply)