Pigs at the trough

It's nice to see that people are finally waking up to the fact that our politician's are all corrupt. Why has this happened. Very simple: the party political oligarchy which runs this country. M.P.s are not answerable to their constituents they are answerable to the party to which they belong, their allegiance is not to the people and the area they claim to represent it is to the party hierarchy.

How can this be solved, how can we have a system of government where those who make our laws and run our country are truly our servants. Simple BAN ALL POLITICAL PARTIES.

M.P.s should all be independent with no ties to a larger organisation. If this happened candidates would have to persuade the electorate that they personally were worthy of our votes; they would have to prove that they would represent their constituency at all times and not follow any party line.

It would also force the electorate to engage with the process more, no longer would people say "I'll vote labour" or "I'll vote conservative" through some sort of tribal loyalty, they would actually have to listen to the candidates and decide which person was the one they liked best. It would create a much more democratic system, based on individual merit not a faceless party machine.

If one lesson should have been learned from Communism and Nazism it is that "the party" is the antithesis of democracy. It acts against the individual will and freedom of conscience.

Without political parties a new form of consensus politics would have to emerge, the Prime Minister would have to represent all of Parliament not a single grouping. Every issue & every law would have to be argued on its merits to the country as a whole; there would be no whips to ensure that M.P.s toed the line.

I have decided that I will never again support a political party of any hue, nor will I vote for any candidate who belongs to one. If I vote for anyone it will be for someone who has proven to me that he or she is honest, moral and fearless in standing up for what is right - I simply don't believe any party hack can meet these criteria.