So the Tories in response to UKIP's success and losing people
and votes to UKIP are responding by adopting UKIP policy. How the fuck does
that work? If anything this is an apparent display of how democracy in this
country is fucked and means nothing. What happens when people who used to vote Tory start voting Labour because they are finding this new UKIP line
disgusting? Then what you gonna do? Change your policies again? What the fuck
do you actually stand for?
You’re meant to have parties representing different views
and ways of governing the country, they promote these views and the
people decide which one they like the best. The parties are driven by a
conviction that their way is the best way possible to run the country and that
is they motivation behind the policy. Modern democracy however does not work in
this way, modern democracy is driven by personal achievement and power. Moderns, developed countries with a free and independent media (questionable if that actually exists anymore but anyways), freedom of speech, a vibrant civil society and a functioning judiciary do not need voting and democratically elected government. That society needs a governing body with long term goals and real dedication of running and furthering infrastructure, societal services (education, healthcare etc) and society as a hole. People who are "governing" with a short term personal objective are not going to be able to do that.
These countries should be run like companies, with a board of directors (da people) and executives running and executing shit. With checks and balances which don't result in a change in the senior management every 4 years where they spend the majority of the time worrying and scheming and plotting in order to hold on to their seats rather than actually doing some work.
Imaging if you were running a company the way you run the country, you'd think it insane. The CEO and senior management can be voted out by staff, so instead of focusing on doing what's best for the company they are focusing on pleasing staff so that they will vote for them. How does that work? Yes you may think that the staff would vote for the people who are doing a wonderful job increasing profits and efficiency but that's probably not in the interest of the individual staff member. They will vote for the person who is giving them the most time off and the most money, which may not be in the interest of the company as a whole but what the fuck do they care.
Is this really how we should be operating a country?