Recipe for democracy: Feed the voters lies. Ferment with dollops of hate and division. Lace with slogans and soundbites. Add racism and xenophobia. Throw in threats and promises. Bring to the boil and allow to simmer.
Claim you have a mandate.
Referenda – Democracy in action!
How about the 78% who didn’t vote Labour in 2005?
Come on Opher, you’ve got to start recognizing that it’s the whole system that has failed, not just one wing of it.
Yes. I kind of agree with that. The system has failed. But….. we still get a choice between the lesser of two evils and one is incredibly evil. The sooner we get true democracy with proportional representation so that all votes count the better. That would alleviate some of the problems.