Every time Prime Minster's Questions is aired democracy is turned into a pantomime. There is consistent jeering and booing from both halves of the house, but more than this Cameron engages in trivialising politics. It is like he has read an issue of a tabloid paper and his replies become juvenile retorts. These are not answers a democracy requires, they are not honourable for a political environment which is supposed to be representative of the people. Politicians then congregate into the respective parties and proceed to shout distractions to what is said from the other side of the house. Perhaps the reason for this is because they do not perceive what is said as serious. When listening to a question or to an answer it then appears as scripted with a quip in the tail meant only to disgrace the opposition. This is clearly not a question for the public to hear, it is one meant to score a point, but does the public really want to listen to this? I don't, I'd prefer like to hear serious discussion and serious answers, not scripted.
The speaker jumps in, he shakes his finger at the benches he feels are being more vocal than they should be. Doing his best to get order but it doesn't work. Berkow, just doesn't have the real power to for anything else. His voice becomes nothing more than to temporarily pause to proceedings, I can't help think he should have some other power. One which gelds the questioners who act like diving footballers doing their best to pick up a penalty, they are making it a fiasco. Shouts, interruptions, boos, these are group behaviours citing one section against another, they are not what politicians should be doing just as the PM's answers to questions quite often fall short of being any kind of answer at all. The opposition engages with this as well, they are not innocent, but neither side are getting it. How can such people, voted for the people represent the people when their behaviour is worse than school children? Once in a while a serious question or a serious answer does arise and they seem so few. One thing is true, there is never a full answer. If the mud slinging stopped then parliament would be 100 per cent better than what it is now. If the childish retorts stopped we'd learn more.
It is no wonder politics has a bad name for itself, but then we all know it's about power and money. It's not really about the constituents and more of who can shout the loudest. One day they will be judged, then these alleged representatives will only be allowed to represent themselves.
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