Friday 11 October 2013

Anarchy for the Uk?








I don't know about you, but i'm feeling rather dejected and disheartened by the state of politics in the UK.
We have 3 main political parties in our country, but how much do they really differ? We have a coalition of two parties who by the very nature of their names oppose each other.  Look back through history since the enlightenment and you will see Conservatives V Liberals battling it out for power and yet in our so called 'Democracy' we have them working together. In my opinion we live in a political system where true democracy will never be achieved, yes we all have the right to vote freely, but out of those three main parties, how different are the policies? From my perspective not very.





Surely i'm not the only one who is sitting here waiting for things to change, by myself, I do not have the ability to do anything, but as the future of this country do you really want to be continuously fed lies by those in charge (YES, LOOKING AT  YOU NICK CLEGG.) I think it's time we made a stand, the way we are treated as young people is appalling, the minimum wage for an Under 18 is £3.64 yet many places, for example cinemas, football grounds, train tickets are charging adult prices this is not right. So although you may read this post and think 'oh I'm past that stage now, i am an adult' think back to what it was like when we found out it would cost at least £27000 pounds to get educated and try and make a change!

1 comment:

  1. I'm sure that this combination of disillusionment with party politics and strong feelings on specific issues is shared by many people on this module. I'm interested to know where you think the solution might lie - Is the age of party loyalty over? Can single issue politics be expressed through a more effective mechanism? The popular campaign against representative democracy - especially limited voter choice and safe seats - was for proportional representation. However, that campaign was closely associated with the Liberal Democracts, and would likely lead to more coalitions, so is that solution dead in the water now?

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