Some watch this and consider it Democracy at work while I see it slightly differently; The Hereditary Political Chain that represents an archaic political system unfit for purpose where its mostly about theatrics, personal attacks and children cheering, booing and shouting at each other and banging desks (things not even acceptable in a classroom). Is this democracy at work or precisely the opposite of that – the abuse of democracy. More importantly in terms of actual performance (or lack there off) and the abuse of public office, corruption (the little we see and plenty we don’t) is that a service or a disservice to the country. In fact the only thing one should come out with in these debates is how messed up both political parties are in terms of abiding by any form of norms, consistency in political positions and best of all their track records on sleaze, corruption and cronyism. We can of course shrug it all off/make fun of it or decide to take a stand and do something about it so we finally put all politicians on notice to either do their job and implement root-branch political reforms or get the hell out of parliament. Am I being totally unrealistic when I suggest we really deserve better particularly at a moment where the world is changing fast around us while our political structures are cracking fast live/in front of our own eyes;
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