Conservative Support Growing In The Latest Polls

[Wade Garrett]

No it doesn't, but that's no reason to make it worse. PR will bring about Party lists, with career politicans towing the party line.

 

We need people entering politics who have run Companies, who have worked up through the unions, who have been police officers, lawyers, teachers and doctors.We then may get more independant thinking representives.You only have to look at Labour's treatment of Frank Field, brought in by Blair to "think the unthinkable" and then sacked for doing so. The whipping of MP's means you have to be an increadbly strong person to stand by your beliefs. The party leaders should encourage debate within their parties and it should become acceptable to disagree with certain aspects of your parties policies, without harming your career.The first thing that should stop is the party leadership imposing candidates on local constituancys, a practise all 3 parties are performing more and more.

 

Spot on. I've always thought there are too many lawyers in Government.

[Wes Tender]

No it doesn't, but that's no reason to make it worse. PR will bring about Party lists, with career politicans towing the party line.

 

We need people entering politics who have run Companies, who have worked up through the unions, who have been police officers, lawyers, teachers and doctors.We then may get more independant thinking representives.You only have to look at Labour's treatment of Frank Field, brought in by Blair to "think the unthinkable" and then sacked for doing so. The whipping of MP's means you have to be an increadbly strong person to stand by your beliefs. The party leaders should encourage debate within their parties and it should become acceptable to disagree with certain aspects of your parties policies, without harming your career.The first thing that should stop is the party leadership imposing candidates on local constituancys, a practise all 3 parties are performing more and more.

 

Agree with everything you say.

[Sergei Gotsmanov]

I hate career politicians. Make a fortune and then go and pay back your country in duty.

[revolution saint]

I hate career politicians. Make a fortune and then go and pay back your country in duty.

 

Career politicians or ones that operate under a sense of noblesse oblige? Either system will create good and bad politicians, greedy ones and ones that feel they have a sense of duty. The difference is that Noblesse Oblige would restrict the opportunity for talented potential politicians yet to make their fortune. What matters is if you end up with a wrong un you can remove them - the Tories and Liberals have that as a manifesto pledge (and possibly Labour too) which can only be a good thing.