Comments by "" (@lonevoice) on "Is democracy the best way of choosing those who govern us?" video.

  1. Leadership by an individual is problematic regardless of whether it is a democracy or autocracy. All too often we see that leaders mislead and cannot be trusted. In their place I would prefer to see leadership by a small cross party collective voted in on proportional representation, perhaps with annual online elections to fine-tune the constituents. The collective may have a chairperson and a spokesperson but they would be appointed and controlled by the small collective, not the other way around.
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  2.  @andyinsuffolk  Depends upon your scope of the word "supreme". I would suggest that democratic leaders often push the boundaries of what the public expected when they were elected. Leaders, particularly with a large mandate, have a strong control over their party. The party way well remain onside particularly if it has a narrow political stance. In these situations we often see leaders acting in their own best interests or their own narrow political vision rather than that of the country.
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  3.  @andyinsuffolk  Controlling politicians is easier said than done. In the past decade we have seen Cameron offer an ill thought through Brexit Referendum based on his own insecurity regarding the far right in his party. Then we had Johnson plough ahead with an extreme version of Brexit with no proper analysis and public discussion of the options. More recently we had Starmer indicate that he was in favour of PR but back track once it became clearer that he would win the election.  Going back further we had Thatcher implement absolutely massive changes to the UK. These were politically motivated by herself and the single minded nature of her character. She was willing to take a huge gamble in implementing changes on this scale. She may have been convinced in her own mind that they were right but changes of this magnitude can be damaging and need to be carefully thought through. Only a cross party collective can handle this in a careful and measured way.
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