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Originally Posted by MTVN
Slightly off topic but it bugs me how 'Westminster' has become such a dirty word. In Westminster we have the people who have been democratically elected to represent regions all over the UK, just because they do their business in London they're suddenly some sort of elitist out of touch toff clique? It's crazy how the anti-politics sentiment in the whole of the UK has evolved into an inherent scepticism of our whole democracy and national parliament. Wish everyone would stop being so paranoid and cynical and support their democratic process.
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The same people from the same schools have been governing this country from the beginning, through subsequent years to the modern day. It's not paranoid to suggest that there is an element of elitism/cronyism involved to some degree, you would have to be blinkered to British political history to not see that.
Therefore in realistic terms how democratic is our election process, the onus during in particular conservative governments is a laizzez-faire approach to the concept of 'society' and the promotion of capitalism.
In recent years that has involved the deconstruction of many many democratically founded nationalised bodies into private ownership destabalising infrastructure within the UK.
The repetition of ideological policy across many generations makes it difficult to not be cynical.
There is nothing at all wrong with skepticism... it's not a dirty word either but healthy to have an open and inquiring mind, to recognise doublespeak and rhetoric when it's served in differing guises or in print.