Knobs in suits

I've never really paid much attention to politics, I always assumed that the democratic structure of the country and the well informed, educated, rational people involved were making the right decisions. I now realise there's no rational process, democracy stands for nothing and this country is basically ran by a load of knobs in suits.

First the NHS. The overwhelming majority of the UK do not want privatisation, mainly because we've seen the mess America is in. Yet it's heading that way. Why? Because the politicians who control government policy stand to make private profit from it. Forget conspiracy this is in plain view and well documented. It's the same dynamic that was true of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, but that's another story.

Then there's more recent things like a 6 year study into drug use and the legality around it. Basically the government is wasting £3bn a year trying to tackle illegal drugs. If it altered its policies slightly it could save that money. Do you know what the government's response to this report was: 

"we remain confident that our ambitious approach to tackling drugs - outlined in our drugs strategy - is the right one". 

So basically they're patting the UK Drug Policy Commission on the head and saying "great research chaps but we're going to stick with what we've got". What massive bell ends.

And what about the badgers. I realise shooting a few black and white stripey bastards doesn't compare to health-care, wars and drugs but it's another example of the government making decisions against either; the public or research/expert advice. The government's science adviser said:

 "it's a bad idea you dicks, it'll probably increase the amount of TB"

In so many words. Then other scientists, wildlife experts and Brian May (?) signed a petition to back this up... yet, surprise, surprise, they're still going ahead with it. I've currently got a loft full of scared badgers.

So essentially this is how it works; we vote for some dicks in suits and they then go against all their promises, ignore the public, ignore the facts and do whatever the f*ck they want to line their own pockets.

Surely to be a true democracy we should be voting on the decisions. If the majority of the UK can log-in to use facebook and twitter surely we could have a system that allows us to log-on and vote on decisions that need making. Then the power is taken away from the knobs in suits and handed back to the people who give a sh*t. But then that would be far too rational and sensible.

Monday morning rant over. I love square crisps.