Britain: Brexit and other political realities

Britain: Brexit and other political realities

Despite the time lost and resources lost, I think that there is a very positive side of Brexit and what happens concerning Brexit. The political system has been tested. What I call Vote Cooperatives - political associations based on convenience rather than true beliefs - are falling apart. For a very long time so called mainstream political parties have merely been labels that people use to get elected without actually sharing beliefs, values and aims.

If the Brexit process leads to healthier and truer political parties then this will be a very welcome outcome of the Brexit process. What we see as fragmentation and divisions is nothing more than a reality check that proves that, as I have stated, political parties in Britain have been nothing more than Vote Cooperatives.

There is another fundamental issue and it is the issue of how people get elected. The system is deficient and much too many people feel that they are not voting for what they want but to stop something that they don't want and this is very reflected by the choices made by Parliament. Too many Members of Parliament feel that they don't have the obligation to represent those who voted for them. Driven by their own ideologies and beliefs, they are directly responsible for the gap between elected authorities and the Electorate. They are responsible for the growing lack of trust in the system.

The time is long overdue for politicians to start delivering on what they promised to the Electorate.Some parties like the SNP have as the main agenda to destroy the United Kingdom. They are fixated on the issue of an independent Scotland at whatever price. They want to take powers away from Westminster to give the said powers to an elected group of foreign bureaucrats.They hate the United Kingdom so much that they are very much willing to destroy Scotland in the process.