Politics evolves
What is the point of politics? Is it there to find solutions to society’s problems? Is it there to create balance in the way the country is run? Or is it not a thing at all, but a result of the interactions of politicians?
If it is the result of the personalities of politicians and how they inevitably must communicate, debate and decide, is the question better put: What is the point of politicians?
Many in today’s Britain are tired of politics. They see spin, deceit and lies as the order of the day and they assume that they cannot trust anything a politician says. How can you trust a man who claims to have the solutions and fails to deliver time and again? What do people think when they see Michael Howard before the election claiming that the NHS is not up to scratch when they’ve been told since 1994 that the Tories were the ones who messed it up through under-investment?
The problem is that there are solutions to society’s needs and people must be able to trust their representatives or there is no hope. Healthy democracy needs faith in the system and faith in the system is always being damaged by the hope dashed by the incumbent administration.
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