Thread by @Macerty

Time we stopped being blinkered by privileged politicians or the current political system either - all political parties are untrustworthy, really poor value for money and mostly nothing but bloodsucking chancers and liars whom we don’t need to run any country #citizensassembly

https://twitter.com/haggis_uk/status/1321346976630407171

Why can’t we do away with political parties altogether and vote in citizens assemblies that appoint experts in their respective fields on renewable short term contracts as their civil servants to advise and carry out their will.

That way we the people get to control and exercise real and full democracy, by the people, that is equally shared - positions on assemblies rotated by a system of random selection from electoral registers. Then there can be no whip or elites influencing its decisions!

We then avoid electing incompetent career politicians who are being run by political parties or special interests and over whom we have little influence for a considerable number of years until the next election.

We need a more dynamic and fair system that involves citizens from all backgrounds and beliefs with much less chance of being corrupted as they will not serve long enough or cannot run or campaign for any positions on assemblies therefore big money cannot decide outcomes.

Training in playing a role in #citizensassemblies is available and publicly scrutinised agencies and computer systems for random selection of citizens to appear on local assemblies are already there and can be expanded as necessary. We do not need political parties!

Assemblies can retain the right to immediate dismissal of members or experts who fail to carry out their decisions in full or do not provide good value for money and can be performance reviewed by them periodically every 6 months for example.

Democracy has been held to ransom for too long by vested interests that are exploiting a career in politics or government for their own benefit. Tinkering around the edges on things like voting systems doesn’t bring about the fundamental change at grassroots level that’s needed.

Let’s do ourselves a favour for once and scrap expensive institutions and politicians salaries, expenses and perks that are costing us a packet already. Let’s put the money into our own citizens assemblies and stop the rot in our political system and get better value for money?

Let’s stop the sleezy scandals and corruption that plagues the current political system and loosen the iron grip which political parties have on their members voting intentions and interference with the democratic will of the public they are meant to represent at all times.