re: #80 albusteve

the typical voter is uninformed, radically so…pols know it and abuse their trust…I spent a lot of time in Jamaica and politics is the national pastime…even illiterates know what’s been said, understands repercussions, debate issues then walk all day to the polls to vote…they are not self absorbed like we are…it’s not an impossible situation but little will change here until our hull is holed and the bilges flood…maybe that time is coming as a result of this latest fed caper

On Budget Day in the UK, they read the whole thing aloud, line by line, and it’s broadcast live on BBC. Pubs are packed with people who are paying attention to every detail.