Good points but I think since local gov is where most start their paid career maybe the previous unpaid councillers were more representative of their constituency and certainly gave variety should they be lected as MPs.I think it's more a product of why people go into politics nowadays. I don't doubt some want to help but many I think are in it for the personal benefits and what comes afterwards. I don't think the EU has anything really to do with it, we had MEP's and well I don't really know what they did, very few could even name their MEP.
Just as an example, the MP where I used to live was a solicitor before she became an MP. She came into politics I think around 2015, did 4 years and then didn't stand in 2019. She now has an OBE and is a non-executive director for the water regulator OFWAT. So thanks to 4 years of work where she did nothing for the area she's now probably earning stupid money for very little work, no doubt again whilst also moonlighting in another job.
Personally I think the solution is simple, double their salary and ban second jobs, ban 3rd party gifts and ban any other nonsense that you can't believe is even allowed in a modern democracy. Make these changes and watch what happens, half of this lot wouldn't touch the job with a bargepole but maybe we'd get a very different type of people.
I think it's more a product of why people go into politics nowadays. I don't doubt some want to help but many I think are in it for the personal benefits and what comes afterwards. I don't think the EU has anything really to do with it, we had MEP's and well I don't really know what they did, very few could even name their MEP.
Just as an example, the MP where I used to live was a solicitor before she became an MP. She came into politics I think around 2015, did 4 years and then didn't stand in 2019. She now has an OBE and is a non-executive director for the water regulator OFWAT. So thanks to 4 years of work where she did nothing for the area she's now probably earning stupid money for very little work, no doubt again whilst also moonlighting in another job.
Personally I think the solution is simple, double their salary and ban second jobs, ban 3rd party gifts and ban any other nonsense that you can't believe is even allowed in a modern democracy. Make these changes and watch what happens, half of this lot wouldn't touch the job with a bargepole but maybe we'd get a very different type of people.
Only in England, not Scotland, not Wales, and not Northern Ireland, which does make you wonder about the mentality in England. Even there, in 2019, the Conservatives gathered only 47.2% of the available votes. The system rewards and encourages incompetence, and the sooner it is overhauled the better.I find it incredibly depressing that there are still millions, probably a majority of the country, that will vote for this shower of shite in the next elections.
sadly this is correct,my neighbour being one is convinced there doing a fantastic job due to the circumstances of covid and the warI find it incredibly depressing that there are still millions, probably a majority of the country, that will vote for this shower of shite in the next elections.
‘Uhm ah we believe that uhm ah the economy uhm ah is uhm ah robust and that it‘s foreign pressures uhm ah that are holding us back…’
They’re on borrowed time so it’ll be time for more borrowing.
Lucky you.My TV was down this morning, but that's pretty much what I was expecting.
He seems to be a terrible speaker when not having a script.
It is quite normal for Ministers to have no fundamental understanding of their brief. They are there to represent *you* not to be expert. This is why they *ought* to rely on the advice of civil servants who *do* understand the workings of the department.
Whether this is the best way to run a country is another matter. But how could you ever be sure that the Chancellor of the Exchequer (for example) was an economist? The only way would be to directly elect him, choosing from a list of qualified people. That would be very radical, in terms of the 'constitution.' I myself would favour it, but in a country where people are suspicious of even such obvious reforms as PR voting, it's a non-starter.
Lucky you.
I fully appreciate that English is not his first language and that he has had difficulties, but as you point out sans script he is not an inspiring public speaker and is positively painful to listen to when interviewed.