I like this interview. In days of psychos and grifters, it is reliving to see a member of the political class bite his tong about this issue. I could swear this MP was thinking "fuck you paid shill" all the time during this interview but he managed to collect himself and to answer him in a more "diplomatic" way.
Does it make sense to try to do it or should we go directly underground, that is more my kind of question. Television will not survive this stage of history
The end of the clip says it all. 'This could be the end of your political career!'
Polticians shouldn't have careers. A politician with a career is a politician who is in someone's pocket.
His response, that is political career doesn't matter, is precisely what is needed. We need politicians who aren't shills for their donors, it's that fucking simple.
Frankly, as far as the UK goes, I’m not sure they even care about giving their electoral system an air of legitimacy anymore…
Which means things are basically back to how they were more than 200 years ago, when the public (literally anyone but the landed gentry - today’s “elites”) effectively had no say in ANY of the political machinery of state. Which is hilarious…
I like this interview. In days of psychos and grifters, it is reliving to see a member of the political class bite his tong about this issue. I could swear this MP was thinking "fuck you paid shill" all the time during this interview but he managed to collect himself and to answer him in a more "diplomatic" way.
Does it make sense to try to do it or should we go directly underground, that is more my kind of question. Television will not survive this stage of history
The end of the clip says it all. 'This could be the end of your political career!'
Polticians shouldn't have careers. A politician with a career is a politician who is in someone's pocket.
His response, that is political career doesn't matter, is precisely what is needed. We need politicians who aren't shills for their donors, it's that fucking simple.
Correct! They used to say "years in public service" as they wanted to keep the illusion going. Now they don't care.
I remember when the question of "what are Obama's qualifications besides being black" was always answered with "years as a community organizer."
Which is the most obvious "political career only with no actual value" answer around.
Frankly, as far as the UK goes, I’m not sure they even care about giving their electoral system an air of legitimacy anymore…
Which means things are basically back to how they were more than 200 years ago, when the public (literally anyone but the landed gentry - today’s “elites”) effectively had no say in ANY of the political machinery of state. Which is hilarious…