>> There might need to be a filter to reject those without the necessary thinking ability.
If you listen to former politicians when they are interviewed most come across as intelligent and highly aware people who are more than capable of doing very difficult jobs. When in office they can appear exactly the opposite because they are rarely allowed to say and do what they think is right. They are constrained by the party machine and expected to be part of a united front, supporting policies they often don't agree with and may even think are plain wrong. They could speak out of course, but that means sacked from whatever post they hold and possibly deselected before the next election, so any backroom influence they have to try and change policy will go too. Plus of course their income. And any party which is riddled with dissenting voices on their own front benches will not be elected by us anyway as they will be torn apart by the press and the opposition.
Brexit is a fine example. Jeremy Corbyn has been a life long anti EU advocate, but now he is trapped by office and dare not publicly commit to wanting out because most of his MPs and nearly all who voted for him in the leadership election are pro EU. To publicly voice his own beliefs would be political suicide. Many more examples can be found in both main parties, the PM being a case in point as she voted to remain. The idea that the rest of us or some super band of intelligent people who have never bothered to stand for election would somehow be better is just fantasy thinking.
So unless someone comes up with a better system of government we are stuck with what we've got, and it would make no difference if Car4play or any other group was elected to office, we'd all be exactly the same.
Last edited by: VxFan on Mon 30 Apr 18 at 01:38
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