16 Apr 2009It has suddenly dawned on me!We have a Parliament. In that parliament are a bunch of our employees. The ones I'm talking about are the MPs. What we do as a population is give them a job. But we do not behave as bosses. Most of us sit and complain or cheer at what they do, all through the media. The others are out demonstrating, getting arrested in the midst of a demo that has gone wrong, with shop windows being smashed etc. Is that how your boss behaves? Of course not. He/She interviews potential employees. He/She then issues instructions. He/She then asks for regular updates on your progress. Now what would an MP do if he had his bosses making more demands on him/her than a lobby group for bankers. There are more of us than them. Your MP would be snowed under with correspondence and your MP would have to deal with it. The loudest get listened to. But we do not uphold our part of the contract! So no wonder the MPs don't worry too much about what we think until it is time for that interview every 4 years or so.
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