I've been wondering about our current system of Government in the UK, Europe and, to an extent, in The USA, where it seems to me 'public servants' are no longer working to the agendas of the people they represent and are paid by, but instead running their own show. Doing what they want to do, imposing their view of the world upon us.
And increasingly establishing control via outrageous levels of surveillance, the passing of draconian laws, creation of a bigger state machinery, whether we want these things or not. More on this subject here.
You may have heard about organisations like Bilderberg, Agenda 21, Common Purpose (if not have a look sometime). I find it difficult to understand how these organisations, which have a massive influence on national and international policy are actually connected to the views of 'real' people.
You may disagree and believe that someone has to take the lead in order to move the world forward without the sometimes stifling effect of consulting the people all the time on every issue. There's something in that, given that there will always be vested interests, winners and losers in every decision taken and that sometimes an objective view of the greater good needs to prevail. I just wonder why this process (which includes the United Nations and the EU as major players) needs to be conducted so secretively and often without even a nod towards democratic accountability? What are they trying to hide?
The global AGW man-made climate-change scam, which is costing us $billions as individuals and businesses in significantly higher taxes, effectively halting development and prosperity around the globe, to solve a problem which almost certainly doesn't exist, is a major example of this creeping, unaccountable imposition of others' views on us. More here.
Anyway, that's (hopefully interesting) background. In my blog you know these people who work for us (linked above) I was wondering about how we might take back some control. I opined that Dave was right, albeit talking about a different subject, that we can't go on like this; with this disconnect between our representatives and ourselves. It's making us fragile as a society, causing massive resentment between the electorate and the elected and could if it continues unchecked, lead to a possibly violent response - not necessarily starting in the UK - because the current system just will not allow the changes that we might want, to be achieved using the democratic and legitimate tools we have available to us.
We're seeing uprising and protest around the globe, yes in southern Europe where politicians don't seem to give a shit about ordinary people but just want to protect their cushy lifestyles at all costs; but also in Brazil, the Middle East, and race related conflict (but it's all politics in the end) in many places including Australia and Sweden.
It seems to me that the current system of rule is creating a powder keg around the world because of the disconnect between the rulers and the ruled, particularly because the rulers are acting increasingly in their own interests and not for the good of their populations. We sigh and shake our heads at the innate corruption that infests africa (for example) but is it really so different in the developed world? Or right here at home? I don't think so. It may be suits rather than bullets, but the end result is the same.
All of which brings me, in a rambling and round-about way (sorry) to the prospect that our (proposed) referendum on Europe could actually be a legitimate method of starting to wrest back some of the democratic powers that are currently being denied us:
A referendum on our membership of the EU will be a big deal. It will see Government (of whatever political hue) almost certainly pushing for a 'stay in' vote. It will see the use of the very machinery I talk about to persuade people that their interest lies in the UK remaining a member of what will ultimately be (and you know this really I'm sure) a federal, united states of Europe. The project simply doesn't work without that ultimate outcome.
And the opposition (whoever it is) will also be fighting on a pro-EU ticket. Defeat would almost certainly be a resigning - or at least a 'no confidence' - issue for the Prime Minister of the day. But what for the leader of the opposition who would also have been defeated by the will of the people? Of course these people are politicians, increasingly without principle and they will of course weasel their way around the problems that such a vote would inevitably create. But there would be a degree of turmoil.
Just as the UKIP successes at the local elections this year caused Dave and Ed to rethink strategy, only on a much bigger scale. Such a vote could, in my opinion, be the perfect catalyst for a change in the system. A change, using legitimate democratic means rather than violence, to reboot the way in which we are governed, to take back some control and to reassert the client - supplier relationship in whch we, the voters are the client and the Government machine is the supplier - subservient to, paid for by, and tasked with delivering the wishes of, the people they're supposed to represent.
It'd be better than civil - or even a wider war. Which is brewing otherwise I think.
Thanks for reading.
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