Britain a Democracy? Aye Right

Can I draw your attention to one of the most obvious symptoms of the deep and chronic sickness that is the Westminster system of politics in this sorry country. One of the current top stories is the question of whether the mayor of London, the semi-fascist Boris Johnson, will stand for Parliament in 2015, or whether he will continue in his present post. Now it should be obvious to anyone with a scintilla of intelligence that this man is slightly more stupid than an imbecile, and, because of his extreme right-wing views, extremely dangerous. So, we have an extremely stupid and extremely arrogant upper-class clown being seriously considered as a leader of the Conservative Party and therefore a potential Prime Minister. Now we add into this toxic brew the fact that we quite calmly accept that, should this person wish to be a member of the British parliament, it will happen because he wants it. That it not a criticism of Mr Johnson, it is a criticism of the British system of politics and the British electorate.

We are supposed to be a representative liberal democracy, or that's what the textbooks would have us believe. Members of parliament are supposed to be chosen by the people to represent them and to propose public policy and legislation for the representative good of their constituents. What we have is that the Conservative Party will simply parachute this person into a constituency that votes mindlessly for their chosen candidate and that person will then take their seat and do whatever they want for the rest of their parliamentary life, and it has ever been so for MPs from both our major parties. That anyone could quite seriously proclaim that Britain even remotely resembles a democratic system renders them unfit to cast a vote. The only resemblance to democracy in this country is the fact that people do have a vote. Now that is not to be taken lightly or dismissed, but our democracy is rendered farcical by political reality and practice.

There is no short or medium term solution to the British sickness. The only way out of this morass is to vote for Independence in September. Should the Scots get their independence then they can start to repair the democratic deficit by electing a representative parliament by proportional representation and by holding that parliament and its representatives to account. The key to success is that the parliament must be truly representative and it will be for the Scots to ensure that the parties offer a truly representative cross section of candidates, and that the Scots will have the courage and the intelligence to vote, not only for party candidates, but also for outstanding individuals who challenge then party system. We must ensure that we have the offer of a balance of gender, ethnic minorities, working people, a regional mix and a goodly range of different talents. Only a parliament that is truly representative of a nation can call itself democratic and that is what Westminster is most certainly not, either representative or democratic. Your future is in your hands, you have been warned.

Your Servant
Doktor Kommirat.