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Originally posted by BB/Mike*MFA*
BD, if you ever get the free time, go to westminster for the day and watch a session of parliament, lord or commons and youll come out with a completely different perspective. Politicians acting like idiots are largely the fault of the media who take a bit of a snippet from question time, hence question time has degreaded into a slanging match. The minute or two just after question time is always amusing...
I remember the first time i went to watch state parliament, i was 8 and was very very cynical about the whole system, i watched one day of the green and one of the red and, as much as they are fun to make fun of, had a certain respect for politicans and the work they carry, ive since had many opportunities to view the inner working of parliament and governments and this has only strenthened my view...
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I actually have been to parliament on a number of occasions mate and I've seen nothing to disabuse me of my very cynical opinion of politicians in general. However I do realise that we put these people where they are and give them the power that holds sway over our lives and they, the politicains that is, are only human but they have a very great responsibilty and most of them seem not ot give a damn about the people whom they are supposed to represent.
As a civil servant I saw the statements made by politicians on subjects such as "full" employment and saw the reality as an Employment Advisor which bore no resemblance to the reality of the situation.
I am seldom swayed by the piffle put out by the media, (the BBC in particular and most newspapers as they never seem to let the truth get in the way of a good story), about politicians.
I was a member of a political party in my younger and more innocent days and saw the inner workings a local party group which is where I saw through the lies and saw the absolutely cynical way people were treated by local councillors so I left that party and never joined another.
In fairness I do believe that many younger politicians set out to "change" the world for the better but along the way they become corrupted by the political process they themselves seek to change.
In the words of Winston Churchill, (and here I'm not quoting verbatim), "democracy is not a very efficient form of goverment but it's the best system we have for now"
Warm Regards to you
