Sarah Woolaston MP complains that she can no longer use an office reserved for the Conservative Party
When you leave a political party, are you supposed to continue using office space reserved for the said political party? Sarah Woolaston MP seems to think that she is entitled to do so. This shows, once again, her lack of understanding of political realities. If a set of Conservative Party MPs leave the Conservative Party, do they believe that they have some kind of entitlement reserved for the Conservative Party?
She and others left the Conservative Party and joined a new political party only to abandon the new political party not long afterwards. Should there be another General Election, most of them would be lucky to keep their seats - not just their offices.
Whether there is or isn't a new General Election in the autumn, the fact remains that the political spectrum in the United Kingdom is in a state of flux while fundamental issues are not being dealt with. For all the talk about integration, there is a disconnect between Parliament and the Electorate.
There is a gap between local authorities and the people that they are supposed to rule and represent and this is added to the social lack of contact between people that live in the same towns and on the same streets. We seem to be more linked to somebody we find on social media than to our own neighbours. Candidates are appointed by local constituencies or by the top officials of political parties and then the Electorate is supposed to rubberstamp decisions others have made.
If we want change, we will have to revise what we call Democracy.
Whether there is or isn't a new General Election in the autumn, the fact remains that the political spectrum in the United Kingdom is in a state of flux while fundamental issues are not being dealt with. For all the talk about integration, there is a disconnect between Parliament and the Electorate.
There is a gap between local authorities and the people that they are supposed to rule and represent and this is added to the social lack of contact between people that live in the same towns and on the same streets. We seem to be more linked to somebody we find on social media than to our own neighbours. Candidates are appointed by local constituencies or by the top officials of political parties and then the Electorate is supposed to rubberstamp decisions others have made.
If we want change, we will have to revise what we call Democracy.
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