[Margaret Pilkington]

of course voting is irrelevant. I have said many times...'if voting changed anything the would not allow us to do it'.
Voting just gives you the feeling that you have some control over the people who are there to represent the issues which are important.
But in truth it gives you nothing......it gives the MP's someone to blame when everything goes belly up(well, that is what you said you wanted)....but in most cases decisions are made for us with no thought of the consequence they may have for us.........and this is democracy?

Politics is corrupt at its core(they, the politicians, believe that there are different rules for them,) the judiciary are corrupt,(ditto) the police are corrupt because they can be persuaded not to pursue convictions of those people who see themselves as better than us(otherwise the Jmmy Savile, the Cyril Smith issues would have been dealt with long ago).
There is a huge loss of faith in politics and politicians......faith which will be difficult to regain/replace.

So what is the answer?
I am damned if I know.