Over the last 20 years or so, we have seen an increasing number of elections - Assembly, city Mayors, Police Commissioners and, more recently, the talk about regional assemblies.
At the same time, our vote means less and less (for my view on this issue please see
Who nicked my vote and now treats me with contempt), so why?
Could it possibly be that the increase in number of elections is intended to provide a smoke screen; to fool us into thinking that there is more democracy when there is actually less. Perhaps, deep down, voters know it and so stay at home on polling day.
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