BY JOHN DREWRY It’s time to call it a day. The party system has always presented an illusion of democracy, providing an apparent choice between opposing principles, policies and promises. With only a moment’s thought, it is obvious such a system is fatally flawed, at least in the interests of the electorate. Firstly, a party hungers for power rather than office, and will therefore be … Continue reading The Parties Are Over
BY QUENTIN PIGG Whether one is an abolitionist or an advocate of the House of Lords, few would credit the second chamber with being democratic. Few, it seems, but the ever buoyant – at least in spirit – Natalie Bennett who last week took to LBC to claim that the Lords is more democratic than the Commons. Perhaps it would be remiss of me not … Continue reading House of Weirdos
BY DAVID EYLES In the bleak tundra of the far north of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia, live a number of species of rodents which are very closely related to our more familiar voles. These cute little furry creatures are called Lemmings. Most species of Lemmings eat grasses, sedges and dwarf shrubs. They create runs at ground level under the grass, in attempts to remain under … Continue reading Lemmings in the Lords
