I don't have the answers to that, this is after all simply thinking out loud
but to suggest we can't improve on a system that's now so flawed seems wrong. Clearly it can be improved, and making politics more accessible and improving education is one way of doing it, but the trend seems quite the opposite
Posted By: Worzel Scrimmage on May 8th 2017 at 19:59:34
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- PM APB, thanks (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 18:54:29
- I reckon a couple of basic questions before the Brexit (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:21:22
- Vote, would have helped. (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:22:24
- agreed, after all, surely we elect MPs to decide on complex issues (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 20:27:11
- Exactly. (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:41:10
- Vote-grabbing. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 21:10:06
- Exactly. (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:41:10
- agreed, after all, surely we elect MPs to decide on complex issues (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 20:27:11
- Vote, would have helped. (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:22:24
- And were do they get their info. from then,the mail,the guardian ,a left wing sociology or (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 8, 19:51:58
- I don't want to speak for anyone else, but I don't think that was the point. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 20:06:48
- Nurries. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 19:51:06
- Trouble is worz its hard picking the truths, half truths and lies out (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 8, 19:01:29
- this is another problem, but if people knew beforehand what the promises were (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:48:42
- Dude (General Chat) - Old Git, May 8, 19:01:23
- not at all, think of it like a driving test (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:35:31
- And i'll tell you what.it's totally ridiculous snobbery like this which harming socialism. (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, May 8, 19:53:44
- Practically it's a non-starter, philosophically it's dangerous. The onus should be on all (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, May 8, 19:29:04
- can't work can it. and I don't think it should. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, May 8, 19:03:28
- not at all, think of it like a driving test (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:35:31
- I agree. Voting is a heavy responsibility, and should require at least some analysis (General Chat) - shoddy, May 8, 19:00:49
- of course, but democracy seems to be going badly wrong - it's being exploited by elites (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:36:33
- So what system is better? (General Chat) - CWC, May 8, 19:49:56
- The answer is always education. (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 20:11:08
- yep! hard to argue with that (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 20:14:35
- Lots of people want grammar schools. (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 20:19:02
- yep! hard to argue with that (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 20:14:35
- I don't have the answers to that, this is after all simply thinking out loud (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:59:34
- The answer is always education. (General Chat) - APB, May 8, 20:11:08
- So what system is better? (General Chat) - CWC, May 8, 19:49:56
- of course, but democracy seems to be going badly wrong - it's being exploited by elites (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, May 8, 19:36:33
- I reckon a couple of basic questions before the Brexit (n/m) (General Chat) - lurd, May 8, 20:21:22
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