>> Parliament is elected to serve all, not just those who are union members.
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>> All includes businesses, old age pensioners, children, weathly, poor, disabled etc etc.
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Members of Parliament are elected to serve their constituencies. They stand on a manifesto which sets out their approach to businesses, old age pensioners, children, wealthy, poor, disabled etc etc..
The Trade Union movement was formed to improve the lot of working people in their employment. The Labour Party followed to pursue the same objective in Parliament. Historically, but less so now, their manifesto reflected a broadly Trade Union point of view. A different thing to a sectional interest.
Equally though, if a party stands on a manifesto of sectional interest and wins a majority of seats then you'll get a government of sectional interest.
Maybe that's what we've got right now?
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