27 September 2020

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.

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