Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
That is because we have a bunch of thick politicians throughout the U.K. who cannot think for themselves and have to be told what to do by scientists who in my opinion are equally clueless.
If we have a bunch of thick politicians I think it is our fault! Look at the state of the military. Every military leader and the entire Ministry of Defence has laid down and rolled over to "facilitate" succeeding reductions in military spending. They are all as guilty as the politicians who only ask " how can we sell these cuts to the electorate? Health service exactly the same. All the union leaders, medical leaders and healthboard members have completely failed in their remits. They have colluded with the politicians to deliver the farce that we have just now. I think we have a bunch of jobsworths in charge of us and they need to change their approach and do the jobs they are supposed to be doing like running the rail service, and tell the politicians what needs to be done.

Democracy is a very simple way of making decisions, it isn't a political philosophy or a set of ethical values. It isn't automatically the right thing to do just because the majority favour a course of action.