Bob FM: In our Representative Parliamentary Democracy , supporting the will of the people has never been part of our system. Do you not recall what I wrote some time ago, and quoted line-by-line what Edmund Burke said about that? '
'Your representatives owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion'. Edmund Burke (Letter to his Constituents, Bristol 1774)
This is still accepted as the duty of a MP to this day. Time and time again, Parliament has passed legislation which was wholly unsupported by the electorate. Indeed, using your assumptions, our Parliamentary system would not work. We vote for representatives not delegates, as you appear to want.
Read your Constitutional histroy: Bagehot, A.V Dicey, L.S Amery, I. Jennings, Wade, Phillips, and a multitude of others. See its strengths and weaknesses; but most of all its adaptibility over the ages in both peace and war.
UKIP are not moving ahead, we are in a mess and have some pretty dreadful people in charge. That is what needs changing. The party, cause and membership are magnificent.
Sadly, though, we have at the top too many who are intellectually 'pond life' and morally bankrupt. That is what needs to be changed. If you don't like our Constitution, I think that it is you who needs a new home. I have reasonably good grasp of both our history and constitution; you have neither. I would rather that you stayed, for I don't abandon hope for others easily, as I am sure that you are basically a good chap!
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