Should Politicians be penalised?

Utopian pie in the sky chaps.:)

Sadly also true, but we can at times dream.

Utopian pie in the sky chaps.:)

JG
Like your idea, but in order to make a considered decision we will also need the facts available, now here comes the problem how many will truly take the time to study all aspects before voting, that is assuming that enough people will bother to vote in the first place.

We have a major problem with apathy in this country, I don’t care about anyone’s political allegiance in this sense, I would prefer to see a true majority vote even if the vote went against my own wishes.

In the internet age when the population are contactable at the drop of a hat, we don’t need MPs and a ‘Government’.

At any time, irrespective of who is in power, it is the Civil Service that runs the country and pays the bills.

Elected politicians pursue their party political line and their personal agendas.

It is the elected politicians and their political affiliations that we need to get rid of. They are the cause of most of this countries problems.

We need, in place of the above, a Cabinet of perhaps fifty representatives of whatever number is the total, made up of one elected representative from each county in Britain and elected to serve for five years.

Any changes to be made to the way that Britain is governed; taxation, law, education, police, armed forces will be put to the people via internet voting. Each proposed change will be trialled for one year to determine whether it works to the public good.

The same system to be adopted for local government.

The above should provide us with, for the first time, a truly democratic and accountable system of governance.

This is not an exhaustive suggestion. It needs to be refined and perhaps improved to the point that it becomes a workable template in place of a system that isn’t working well or efficiently.

That would make them even less likely to make any statements at all about their intentions. So what would it achieve?

I would make them legally binding, if they fail to carry them out during their term, they should be barred from forming a government at the next election.
Though as said you can be screwed by the outgoing, labour bought their popularity by crippling the UK with massive debts. Trouble is people see the austerity that has been lumped upon us and blame the current party for the woe, even though they inherited it.
The annoying thing is labour bleat on about it and forget the little fact they created it.

O.K. Chas, Point taken, however, what if the same ruling Party got in for a 2nd Term?.and yet again, failed to keep their 1st term pre election promises ?
Jim.
Lincoln .7

Well if they were, no promises would be made. And very often the new government is unable to keep promises once they see the “books” of the outgoing government. It’s an imperfect system but we all know the game, so I hardly think it matters much, and rarely does the voter tick the box based on one or two promises” made pre-election. It would be better if they were statements of intent as opposed to promises, I suppose.