What does that mean for a society, for a democracy, when the people that you elect on the basis of promises can basically suborn the will of the electorate?
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Political promises are much like marriage vows. They are made at the beginning of the relationship between candidate and voter, but are quickly forgotten.
I believe that the will of the people is resolved by a strong leadership. Even in a democratic society, events depend on a strong leadership with a strong power of persuasion, and not on the opinion of the masses.
Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.
Everyone living under the social contract we call democracy has a duty to act responsibly, to obey the laws, and to abandon certain types of self-interested behaviors that conflict with the general good.
When we say 'democracy' we have to mean what we say.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
After believing in promises made and never fulfilled by Labour, people have become increasingly disenchanted with the process assuming that all politicians will say anything to gain power, and then never follow through.
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
Democracy is a device that insures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.