1. In my 80 years I have never been a member of a political party and, given the state of our nation, do not intend to join one now. I think we entrust far too much power to our (now professional) politicians and urgently need to consider restructuring our political system rather than our victimised public service. I recently had a young…
1. In my 80 years I have never been a member of a political party and, given the state of our nation, do not intend to join one now. I think we entrust far too much power to our (now professional) politicians and urgently need to consider restructuring our political system rather than our victimised public service. I recently had a young Swiss man staying with me and after discussing their system where the real power is devolved downward to local level and a system of referenda I have concluded that theirs is far more democratic and spreads political power far wider than our current narrow wealthy politically engaged elite class system.
2. The idealogical debacle in our health system makes me extremely angry. Why is it that we appear to have so little trust in the judgement of our senior experienced clinicians and give them so little say in how their service is structured and run. The health system should most definitely not be run by a managerial class dominated by political ideologues.
1. In my 80 years I have never been a member of a political party and, given the state of our nation, do not intend to join one now. I think we entrust far too much power to our (now professional) politicians and urgently need to consider restructuring our political system rather than our victimised public service. I recently had a young Swiss man staying with me and after discussing their system where the real power is devolved downward to local level and a system of referenda I have concluded that theirs is far more democratic and spreads political power far wider than our current narrow wealthy politically engaged elite class system.
2. The idealogical debacle in our health system makes me extremely angry. Why is it that we appear to have so little trust in the judgement of our senior experienced clinicians and give them so little say in how their service is structured and run. The health system should most definitely not be run by a managerial class dominated by political ideologues.