Which still makes the statement logically correct . In reality of course, the number of people who vote for 'their MP' at a general election is vastly outnumbered by the people who vote for 'whoever has the right logo next to their name on the ballot paper'. The idea our representative democracy works in practice exactly the way it works in the manual.. well.. not really.


Really?
Germany doesn't seem to be doing too badly...[/quote]
I'm not sure how your point invalidates mine.

Maybe so, but the campaigns and the media like to focus on the party leaders, so the notion of your local MP being the person a vote is cast for is being lost. It’s the party most people vote for - and that vote will be influenced a lot by the leader of that party. Your local MP is seen to represent that person - his or her’s ability to do so becomes almost irrelevant, and once in it’s hard to remove them - if not impossible - before a next election.

Ones I have issues with....
1) There should be no such thing as squatters rights.
2) I fail to see why any freehold owner should be forced to sell it to a leaseholder.