o/t Question for the lefties.

[sawmiller]

Been giving this some thought.

First, this should be a question for everyone, so why ask one group? I regard myself as non-denominational in terms of politics and religion, as I value being able to think for myself rather than 'tow a party line'

Free speech is crucial to a sense of owning democracy. With that in mind, I think that the far right and left should be invited to participate in government instead of hiding in the more mainstream parties i.e. let's get this off our streets where innocent people are being terrified and take it into government and out into the open. Perhaps we should ask each 'faction' to elect 6 representatives, and then get them into a safe space where they are presented with a host of policies and have to work together, alongside professional mediators, to form policies that are fully costed to address their concerns. No violence, no shouting down, no threats - grown up negotiation. Northern Ireland didn't contain it's terrorism until this happened (yes, I know it didn't stop, but it did ease off and allow economic and other regeneration and less danger on it's streets)