The Government should introduce legislation to make lying in the House of Commons a criminal offence. This would mean that all MPs, including Ministers, would face a serious penalty for knowingly making false statements in the House of Commons, as is the case in a court of law.
They’re not gonna do that. Would be nice, but they’ve responded to previous petitions with “politicians gonna politician, it’s up to voters to be educated and not vote for liars”. Which, yeah, but also, people keep voting for liars.
Yeah, that’s not how it works. It’s a comforting liberal illusion but, as with all things liberal, it entirely ignores how power works.
Labour members did it with Corbyn, after the Blairites fucked up by believing their own bullshit. They almost fucked up again in 2017 by mostly shutting up as soon as the election was called, believing the destruction of Corbyn was inevitable, and more convincing if they didn’t have an obvious hand in it. That gave us a shock result, with a hung parliament despite the Tories starting 15-20 points ahead. So they and their billionaire mates made sure they buried him (and us) properly.
They’re not gonna do that. Would be nice, but they’ve responded to previous petitions with “politicians gonna politician, it’s up to voters to be educated and not vote for liars”. Which, yeah, but also, people keep voting for liars.
Voters don’t get to choose who is on the ballot paper. Billionaires do.
The people who are on the ballot paper are decided by the party via whatever mechanism they wish to use.
If you want to change vote for a party that has its members decide who’s on the ballot.
Yeah, that’s not how it works. It’s a comforting liberal illusion but, as with all things liberal, it entirely ignores how power works.
Labour members did it with Corbyn, after the Blairites fucked up by believing their own bullshit. They almost fucked up again in 2017 by mostly shutting up as soon as the election was called, believing the destruction of Corbyn was inevitable, and more convincing if they didn’t have an obvious hand in it. That gave us a shock result, with a hung parliament despite the Tories starting 15-20 points ahead. So they and their billionaire mates made sure they buried him (and us) properly.
They learnt their lesson and no longer risk giving anyone a choice.
That is how it works. Sorry.