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Rather the opposite, I think. To me it seems that the fact that he's an MP makes it all the more interesting. In the UK, as in the US and elsewhere, people across the political spectrum -- and at all levels, from MPs to "Gary the regional sales manager" -- are losing faith in democratic processes. (At least as they're currently implemented.)

As an aside, this is exactly what happens in Gibson's Jackpot.

> “Who runs it, then?”

> “Oligarchs, corporations, neomonarchists. Hereditary monarchies provided conveniently familiar armatures. Essentially feudal, according to its critics. Such as they are.”

That there's no way to vote your way out of this mess is most readily apparent in the UK, but it's true practically everywhere except Switzerland.

Switzerland, to some extent, shows that sometimes problems with democracy can be solved with. . . more democracy.




Some people are losing faith in the democratic process but that’s largely because they’ve been fed lies by people like Farage and Johnson who’ve promised them things that cannot be delivered


People these days tend to simply vote against the status quo. Remember "zero seats"? And that's exactly how Trump got elected in the first place -- and then re-elected after a four-year interregnum.

But scratch the surface and all mainstream political parties only offer a continuation or intensification of the status quo.


What are ‘zero seats’?

I’m in the UK so don’t understand the context




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