The Death Of Politics

Politics in the UK has been dying for a decade. This week, it let out it’s death cry.

I’ve got two ideas to save it:
1. A benign dictatorship, with me at the helm. By far my favourite option, but I lack the private army to bring about the bloodless coup.
2. An Independent Alliance party – anyone with centre-left leanings can join in order to stand as an independent candidate. They’ll receive central help with funding, campaigning and media to raise awareness in their constituency. There is no party whip and no party manifesto: other than rules on extreme views, candidates can stand on their own promises and are free to vote how they wish in parliament. They cannot take more than the bare minimum expenses to do their jobs, they cannot have a second job, and they cannot accept trips, gifts, meals or donations from any third party. They cannot have been a candidate, prospective candidate or even a member of a mainstream political party in the five years previously. They will be contractually bound to serve only two terms, and banned from joining companies that had government connections after they step down. No more revolving door.

It’s time to get rid of career politicians and elect people standing for issues they believe in, in constituencies they have a connection to, and without corporate and big-business corruption.

At the moment there’s a massive obstacle to getting into power: money. An independent must put up a lot of cash, spend a lot of cash on their campaign and then won’t get in because no-one will have heard of them, unless they’re already high-profile. Only a wealthy person with time on their hands could even consider it, and would probably fail. An independent alliance party can deal with all that.

I’m sick of being governed by stupid, greedy idiots. On a local and a national level. It’s time to get real, public-spirited people into power.

I just need a million quid to sort it out.