A large percentage of the population can see those lies and it makes no difference. Bring laws in to jail politicians who lie and watch politics change. Ensure politicians must pass an exam like a judge or lawyer has to and watch politics change. Close all loopholes around businesses paying for votes and watch politics change. The things that need to be done are obvious, but it’s buried in the noise over issues like immigration, inflation and NHS pay.
There’s nothing wrong with the government appointing people with experience into government, appointment to the Lords is just how we do it in this country.
The Americans do the same thing but without the ridiculous ceremony, nobody elected their Secretary of State (Foreign Secretary equivalent), the last Labour government did it. I hope the next one does well.
The alternative is that you appoint MPs who often don’t have any real clue about the department they’re running, but get departments based on the MP’s status within the party and the level of prestige of the office. You get the rare exception like Ben Wallace at defence, but you’re still limiting yourself to three or four hundred people when you should have the absolute best.
They’re still accountable to the people, if we don’t like what the government’s doing we can get rid of it.
Fuck democracy it’s time for some unelected ‘lords’ running the country - the Tories
Ngl the Lords have been the only sane part of goverment for the last 10 years. Lowkey fuck democracy when the electorate are this stupid.
They aren’t stupid they are just being lied to. There is a revolving door between politics and newspapers. That shit needs to go.
A large percentage of the population can see those lies and it makes no difference. Bring laws in to jail politicians who lie and watch politics change. Ensure politicians must pass an exam like a judge or lawyer has to and watch politics change. Close all loopholes around businesses paying for votes and watch politics change. The things that need to be done are obvious, but it’s buried in the noise over issues like immigration, inflation and NHS pay.
Completely agree
Yes but if people could think critically, they’d know they were being lied to
Critical thinking can be taught!
There’s nothing wrong with the government appointing people with experience into government, appointment to the Lords is just how we do it in this country.
The Americans do the same thing but without the ridiculous ceremony, nobody elected their Secretary of State (Foreign Secretary equivalent), the last Labour government did it. I hope the next one does well.
The alternative is that you appoint MPs who often don’t have any real clue about the department they’re running, but get departments based on the MP’s status within the party and the level of prestige of the office. You get the rare exception like Ben Wallace at defence, but you’re still limiting yourself to three or four hundred people when you should have the absolute best.
They’re still accountable to the people, if we don’t like what the government’s doing we can get rid of it.