Rafloo: You have been brainwashed into thinking we live in a democracy! We live in a Republic, and a poor one at that.
In a democracy all citizens have an equal say in the running of the country. Do you have an equal say in the running of the country as Tony Blair or any of his cabinet? No, of course not - democracy was discarded as being unworkable in a modern, large and complex society. The only way it could be achieved now if is all points of law were debated and voted on not in the commons but on the internet, with all British citizens voting and the majority winning.
In a Republic we elect representatives to make decisions on our behalf - this is the form of government we have now. But it is fatally flawed in this country for 2 reasons:
1. We do not have proportional representation, so despite the majority of British citizens voting for the Conservative party in the last general election, Labour still took power.
2. We have political parties. In an ideal republic the representatives that we elect would all be independant, that way they are free to vote in a manner that represents their constituents rather than being encouraged to vote in a way that benefits their party.
Descartes said of our system that we are only truely free when we are voting in the general election, and then we throw that freedom away by voting for a party.
When I say we should spread some democracy here in the UK, I mean that we need to change our system of government to better represent the desires of the people, and to stop people like Blair running roughshod over us all because he is in the 'ruling party' in the Commons.
Hmmm.... maybe this should be a separate thread!