On May 31st, inner party leader Mr Brown made it clear that Parliament should be accountable to the people and transparent. On June it became clear that Mr Malik had not actually done anything wrong in the rate he paid for his flats, Mr Brown then made it clear that the report which came to this conclusion would not be published.
This is why I am winning my little friends.
You all sit there, complaining about how Parliament works and how it is not good enough, but this leads to no change, the same secretive party rules the nation.
Is this your fault, possibly... The systems fault? Definitely. It is far too easy for my inner party to keep things from you, and what can you do about it? Nothing much. The PM chooses when he wants to hold the election (within reason) and you have to go along with that.
The cabinet effectively rules the country, the (compartively to previous governmments) massive majority that Labour holds means that they do not have to listen to the opposition.
Ask yourself this, although something such as PR may lead to there being slow, sluggish progress in government, might it lead to a government that will be held a lot more accountable, because if they do not play by the rules, the opposition parties could effectively withdraw their support.
In British politics, sadly the opposition party nowadays plays little more of a role than holding the leading party to account, as they can not do much more than that because of the majority that inevitable comes out of an FPTP system.
Big Brother does not necessarily promote electoral reform, but he does believe that proper accountability and transparency that might arise from it could lead to some of Big Brother's powers being eroded.
Think my little proles, what can you do, what could you do and what will you do to stop me owning your life?
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