wearthefoxhat wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:17 am
Derek27 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:16 am
That, in a nutshell, is why we should have stayed in Europe. British politicians are arseholes who just tow the party line when it comes to voting in bills. They don't even bother reading it. We need Euro legislation to reign them in and stop the mindless discrimination.
Even with Euro legislation/control, the British MP's will still be arseholes.
Proven time and time again, the power goes to their heads, and the original reason of representing their constituencies gets lost, as they discover that they are just a warm body in Westminster to be manipulated by the cabinet office and their interests...(not the electorate)
The excellent Yes Minister and then the not too bad follow up, Yes Prime Minister, shows us all we need to know on how things are seen within the halls of Westminster, and that was nearly 40 years ago!
On a seperate note, I'd like to see on-line voting being used in the next 10 to 20 years. The tech is already there, but it doesn't suit the agenda of existing parliament as they know the younger generation are more likely to use it and vote for either Lib-Dems or the Green Party.
Wearthefoxhat makes a good point about MP's towing the party line and forgetting about their constituents.
Not many people realise that there are two MP's who's constituencies cover Newmarket racecourse, we have all heard of Matt Hancock who's constituency covers the Rowley mile, the July course however is in the constituency of Lucy Frazer, which I might add also includes the National stud.
Ms Frazer in one of her first roles as Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, stood up in parliament and introduced the the white paper setting out government's plans for major reform of gambling laws, (in other words sod a large portion of her constituents), her exact words are in the link below.
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/ ... igital-age
I personally do not care if someone has an addiction problem, I do however feel extremely sorry for their family and close friends, who the addicts life has affected, but I do not want restrictions imposed on my life by the weak woke nanny state, because someone cannot control themselves.
I live in Matt 'bring out your dead' Hancock's constituency but at least he is now sticking up for racing, but it would be better if Lucy Frazer went back to Yorkshire and represented the good folk where she came from, as she truly does not care about a large amount of people in her own constituency, who rely on racing for a livelihood.
Talking about Matt Hancock this clip sums up his contribution to the covid pandemic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEmfsmasjVA