Democracy. What an emotive word. Full of promise. Full of hope. Indeed, isn't it what we are supposed to have here? Isn't that what we brag about to people in other countries that here, we have freedom. We can say what we like, we can live how we want. Our homes are our castles. This is the country of Fair Play . A country where what we think and say is respected and where our voice counts for something.
Or have I got that all wrong? Is that cloud cucckoo land, some nirvana that perhaps, used to exist or was written about in fairy tales, that's no longer worth the paper it's written on?
Our governments seem pretty corrupt. We march for what we believe in but no one is interested. We give our views in local so-called consultations and they don't take a blind bit of notice. We are no longer deemed innocent until proved guilty.
We are fined for parking legally and have to spend time and money reversing some idiot's decision to write out a ticket. We are photographed Stasi style by countless CCTVs.
They talk of closing the A & E department of our local hospital. Thousands protest but I don't suppose it will make a blind bit of difference to the people who take the decision.
What's to be done?
