“After the election every Westminster politician will have to come and face the reality of the electorate’s judgment. There is no disrespect or disgrace in any politician coming to terms with the democratically expressed position of the electorate. All politicians, those of us who are lucky enough to be elected, chosen by the people, will try to do their best as they see it in the interests of the people who elected them.” Alex Salmond, ex-First Minister of Scottish Parliament, now running for a seat in Westminster
Where much of the electorate is concerned politicians, apart from a noble few, will do their best in the interests of their particular elite. It’s all lies and dodgy statistics pulled out of a magician’s hat in the form of a politician’s mouth. Almost all the UK general election campaign has been based on the shifting sands of political-speak. The ‘main’ parties are finally realizing, far too late, that this election is like no other.
What is at stake? The economy; the tax system; the National Health Service; welfare; education and housing – these are the main issues that touch people’s lives and which are being treated in a way that creates little except increasing inequality between the rich and the poor.
Westminster loves money and big business. Those MPs losing their seats in the election won’t worry about unemployment; they will move smoothly into a directorship here and there, and go on influencing harmful government policies.
The economy is not in the happy position Cameron insists it is. He says the ‘deficit’ has decreased and so it has, but not by nearly as much as was promised. He will not mention that the national debt has greatly increased under his government. Despite George Osborne saying the UK is doing better than most other countries, the economic growth dropped to 0.3 percent.