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Do we really have a democracy?

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That is absolutely nothing to do with democracy and is everything to do with questions of equality. They are not the same thing.

Fair enough. I stand corrected. :smile:

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Original post by Enoch Powell

All three political parties are socially liberal and any attempt to move right-wing is slated by the media, how can we have a democratic system when no right wing social parties can stand for fear that the BBC will heavily criticise them just because they don't agree with them? Why do so many people not vote? Why is party membership decling?

There's been a long slide to the 'centre' for all parties since Blair - it's about capturing as many votes as will win an election, principles be damned. There will still be specific issues and policies which reflect a party's idealised leanings - like IDS's attack on the poor and unemployed - but generally all three major parties are trying to secure the same voters with, more or less, the same kinds of policies.