Correct, Richard. As I have pointed out on these pages and nauseam, between them these two parties have misgoverned Britain for over 100 years. And yet people still vote for them, albeit in smaller numbers than previously. They used to poll over 90% of the vote between them on much higher turnouts, whereas in 2024 they barely scraped 60% on a 59% turnout. And they are forecast to get even less than that now.
I have given up on expecting change to happen from within the system (of which Reform is also part, even though it affects otherwise). It is the system itself that is the problem and needs to fall.
It should start at local level. In all the council areas where elections have been cancelled, everyone should refuse to pay their council tax. No taxation without representation is a long standing principle.
Let’s see how long the rotten edifice would last if people withdrew their consent. Governments do not own us. They are our servants, not out rulers and could do with being reminded of that fact. We are under no obligation to obey a political class which no longer represents our interests. Some of the greatest intellects in Western political thought have said as much.
Someone had the right idea in the middle of the 17th century.
