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2022-08-16

This site has argued that the UK has long lost touch with democracy.

Whether we ever had democracy (ie: whether our UK parliament was ever populated by true representatives of the people) is a question that we could debate for ever, but the events of recent years (since we slowly morphed into a subservient member of the EU, and endured multiple parliamentary seizures trying to leave without actually leaving) have shown that we are no longer run by our own representatives.

Thomas Fazi (Italian, since you ask) writing in Unherd agrees, and doesn't mince his words either:

"The West’s survival depends on freeing ourselves from the grip of this parasitic, cancerous elite — and of their political henchmen"

Thomas also writes for a number of other publications, and has his own blog.

His analysis includes the notion that participation by the people in our democracy has been deliberately discouraged, with many major decisions of huge import for future years never debated effectively with the public (eg: privatisation, HS2, energy policy), leading to the situation where the public, through lack of facility, never gets involved effectively in setting and controlling government policy.

" ... yet Brexit’s promise of 'taking back control' — the idea that citizens can and should have a fundamental role in deciding policy, and that the latter’s role should ultimately be to address people’s needs — remains a powerful one. Indeed, it’s arguably the only thing that can save Britain — and the West as a whole"

Quite so. We cannot have government "of the people by the people and for the people" except with the full involvement of the people.

Our democracy needs a serious make-over, and it will have to be led by we the people.