Public have only themselves to blame for the way party politics triumphs over democracy

THE Chequers Accord shows that “real” democracy does not actually exist in reality, because of the party system.

Indeed, party control on democracy has to be stopped if there is to be “real” democracy and not the constant mirage that it really is.

In this respect, if the 17.4 million who voted to leave the EU want to know why this will never really be the case, I would point them to parliament and those whom they voted in to represent them — party MPs, not people’s MPs.

For you and me do not pick the people who go into Parliament to represent us, the party does this in a very selective, behind-closed-doors process and before all the candidates are vetted in a socalled “open” selection procedure.

Unfortunately, the people — for some insane reason — then vote for the party’s selection — invariably a yes man, or yes woman.

Therefore, the majority of UK voters will never have “real” democracy, through voting in national or local government elections, until the party system is abolished and seen for what it really is — a system of political subversion.

All mainstream political parties are too tied either to big business money, or union money, and that is where it all goes so horribly wrong.

Indeed, overall, nothing has really changed since the aristocracy controlled the people, except now the Establishment controls us.

I wonder when the penny will eventually drop and the people will see that it is not they that really count, but the party — and at all costs?

DR DAVID HILL

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