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Originally Posted by Niamh.

What is the alternative though? Maybe being automatically out of the running next election for lying to get into government? Should there be parties at all? Maybe the government should be made up solely of independent candidates and Ministers who are actually qualified for particular areas like Minister for Health actually being a Doctor or working in the medical field etc.

I don't know what the alternative is Niamh! If I did I would be off building my utopia, not arsing around on TiBB . That's sort of the point though... I'm saying that just because it's the best we have, doesn't mean it's not completely awful. And it certainly doesn't mean that we should stop looking for better, or stop being angry at just how bad it is.