My earlier piece on the right’s jihad on the imaginary scourge of quangos will be the first of a series of posts dismantling the mantras of the slop right.
Some really good ideas. Regarding voting. I like some of the ideas of Robert A. Heinlein. I think we give the vote to people far too easily. One should not be able to choose the control of a country simply by existing. A kind of voluntary service to the state should be required in order to be a citizen and able to vote. It could be either in the military or in other domains. Also a test should be applied as to knowledge of basic economics, geography, history and civics before the vote is given. People should be at least 21 years of age before being able to apply for the vote, because the brain is not fully formed in most people until that age, and the emotional trauma of the teenage years should be behind you. Of course, education must include the aforementioned subjects. Block or tribal voting should be abolished. Being a Muslim should result in automatic disqualification from voting. This is because the whole basis of Islamic ideology is antithetical to western civilisation. I see nothing wrong in this, because if Islam ever takes over in western countries, we westerners would become second class citizens known as “dhimmis”, subject to a special tax.
I think the scrutiny bit is the nub of it. We have a government and administrative system (any delivery arm of the state) which has little or no respect for parliamentary scrutiny. Due to parliament essentially being toothless.
'Separation of Powers' with an elected PM is of course demand three of The Harrogate Agenda which I know you support. There are a further five demands with all six designed to improve our governance and democracy to turn our politicians into our servants instead of being our masters by giving the 'People' real power.
Our demands do need updating since its conception in 2012 and that is scheduled to be done this year by a certain Dr Richard North!
I have always been an insistent voice in the wilderness crying for none of the above, but I always added the caveat that if none of the above wins an election, everyone who stood for that post or seat should be barred from all politics forever.
have a like from me, just for advocating none of the above on ballot papers.
Always been a hobby horse of mine - kudos...
Some really good ideas. Regarding voting. I like some of the ideas of Robert A. Heinlein. I think we give the vote to people far too easily. One should not be able to choose the control of a country simply by existing. A kind of voluntary service to the state should be required in order to be a citizen and able to vote. It could be either in the military or in other domains. Also a test should be applied as to knowledge of basic economics, geography, history and civics before the vote is given. People should be at least 21 years of age before being able to apply for the vote, because the brain is not fully formed in most people until that age, and the emotional trauma of the teenage years should be behind you. Of course, education must include the aforementioned subjects. Block or tribal voting should be abolished. Being a Muslim should result in automatic disqualification from voting. This is because the whole basis of Islamic ideology is antithetical to western civilisation. I see nothing wrong in this, because if Islam ever takes over in western countries, we westerners would become second class citizens known as “dhimmis”, subject to a special tax.
I think the scrutiny bit is the nub of it. We have a government and administrative system (any delivery arm of the state) which has little or no respect for parliamentary scrutiny. Due to parliament essentially being toothless.
Corrupt, indeed
'Separation of Powers' with an elected PM is of course demand three of The Harrogate Agenda which I know you support. There are a further five demands with all six designed to improve our governance and democracy to turn our politicians into our servants instead of being our masters by giving the 'People' real power.
Our demands do need updating since its conception in 2012 and that is scheduled to be done this year by a certain Dr Richard North!
https://harrogateagenda.org.uk/
Yes the political system In the UK EU USA and most of the rest of the world is buggered.
Trump missed out in 2020 due to fraud and might have lost at the last election but for the absolute paucity of democrats (and republicans).
But until we remove the threat to our very existence in the UK , talking about a modified democratic process is putting the cart before the horse.
At last we are getting somewhere
I said to a mate earlier;
I predict he (North) will now continue to work hard against the current British right, especially Restore.
Although I admit I wasn't expecting another salvo this evening.
LOL. He's a force of nature
I have always been an insistent voice in the wilderness crying for none of the above, but I always added the caveat that if none of the above wins an election, everyone who stood for that post or seat should be barred from all politics forever.