Election Promises forgotten?

Direct Democracy prevents the abuse that election promises are forgotten the moment the elections have taken place. It will force parties and politicians to stand by their policies during the election campaign and afterwards.
DD will allow citizens to organise support for any policy that is discarded by the political establishment in the form of a referendum.

Macron demands Brexit Deal to be translated into French

Just when you thought that our lamentable political 'Leaders' could not behave in a more pathetic manner this headline hits the press today. Maybe the Mini Napoleon wants the draft to be translated into all the languages that are spoken in the rump EU, only then it would not look like a chauvinist demand. 

Macron demands Brexit trade agreement is translated into French

US Supreme Court Appointment Farce

Not a comment on the pending appointment of another Judge. The procedure itself is highly defective. A waver-thin majority in one of the two chambers of Parliament should not be able to push through a candidate. For critical appointments there should be a mandatory quorum of at least 60 or 66 percent, maybe even 75 percent so that opposing political groupings have to come to a compromise.
Individual judges should also be forced to resign within a reasonable time period so as to avoid that relatively young appointees cannot stay 40 years or longer in office.

Future looks bleak for Universities

The Wuhan Virus will not only accelerate the trend to (at least partial) home-working, it will also shake up the sleepy world of our Universities. If more and more lectures are delivered digitally there will ultimately be a need for fewer professors and other teaching staff. One can take the example of Economics. Depending on the size of the country there may be a few dozen or hundred professors essentially teaching an identical curriculum. Now we all know from experience that not all - or maybe only a few - of them are equally gifted speakers. But will they now all deliver their lectures digitally? Would students not gravitate to the most exciting, most interesting, most highly rated handful of professors teaching the subject IN THE WHOLD WORLD?
Even the basic acquisition in subjects that require hands-on training (Medicine, Engineering etc) can be done remotely which means probably nearly half the curriculum. This implies a DRASTIC  shrinkage in the number of teaching (and supporting) staff required in all universities, and result in vast amount of surplus Real Estate as well.

MPs should be doing more to defend their Constituents' liberties

Says a newspaper headline. But how realistic is this? In most countries the link between an MP and his constituents is tenous - if it exists at all. Most owe their allegiance to a party machine and toe the line most of the time. Direct Democracy would allow for much closer alignment of politics with the interests and preferences of the citizens.

Who needs this Parliament?

Six weeks holidays for UK Parliament, at a moment when the Wuhan crisis does not give any indication of subsiding and many businesses are at the limit of their endurance. To make matters worse we have not heard of ONE MP or Minister who has offered to reduce his compensation as a sign of solidarity. Online meetings make an expensive building with numerous support staff an anachronism in any case.
Reckless MP's abandon the sinking ship Great Britain

Unelected EU Politician wants more Power?

No surprise, the ordinary citizen has no say, professional politicians and their bureaucrats want everexpanding powers and competences - in order 'to help you'.
Crisis in Europe: von der Leyen’s audacious bid for new powers

Medinda Gates on ending Wuhan Virus Lockdown

Maybe she has a valid point - but without ordinary citizens having a direct say in decisions the political debate is giving too much importance to high profile celebrities from business, entertainment of sport.
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India seeks to revoke Kashmir's Special Autonomy

Just another case to top-down government that Dirdem seeks to abolish!
Kashmir tensions

Suing against prohibition of smoking in Restaurants

You may or may not like smoking but a blanked prohibition of smoking in Restaurants is not a democratic measure as there are other options to safeguard health. No one is forced to visit a Restaurant or Bar that allows unrestricted smoking. The same applies to staff. That courts will follow this misguided legislation just shows that they are far from independent and also subscribe to the statist philosophy that is behind our Pseudo Democracies.