Every time I see a British politician -- particularly one of the key voices of a leading party -- voice their thoughts on television I am filled with a mixture of contempt, despair, and anger.
I believe that now, (perhaps) more than ever, politicians ought to represent the citizens of the country within which they were elected. In Britain, they don't. They're generally private school-boys who deal in the propagation of sound bites, the protection of the economy and - by extension - corporations.
Politics ought -- in my opinion -- to be a noble profession. It certainly was historically, to a greater degree at least. The people it attracts nowadays, at least in the UK, seem like they've been bred as punchable-faced regurgitative buzz-speakers. That these people represent the electorate is emblematic of a broken system.
What I'd like to find out from you lot is this: do you think the politicians running the country are doing a good job? Why/why not? And how do you think the system could realistically be improved?