(27-07-2022, 01:07 PM)Oldfellah Wrote: No and I do mean NO politician is in touch with reality, not even this present lot. They get into Parliament and sit on their bums and just abuse each other, watch Parliament TV if you don't believe me.Yep, I think there must be something in the water supplied to parliament because once they get in there, they tend to lose touch with reality.
However - I'm sure we could come up with some ways to prevent that.
Working at the food bank, cleaning public toilets, having to live for 3-6 months every year (over winter) on the same amount as the lowest wage/benefit with no other income, should keep that lot in touch with the reality for many of their voters....
Which reminded me of this:
“You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, & a compulsion to do something about it.
From out there on the moon, international politics look so petty.
You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the neck, & drag him a quarter of a million miles out & say:
“Look at that, you son of a bitch.”
Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016) Apollo 13 astronaut
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)