I think the basic test for becoming an MP should be as follows:
Interviewer: Do you want to be an MP? Potential MP: Yes Interviewer: I'm sorry you have failed the test
Do you see where I'm going with this? Politics tends to attract the sort of people you wouldn't trust to govern anything, let alone a country. The "I want to be the leader" kind of person.
What we could have instead is politicians a la jury service. You get called up by lottery, are perhaps subjected to a few basic tests, and then you're in. Obviously there would be kinks to work out with this system, but I can't see the randomly selected MPs doing any worse than the current bunch, and you can't fault it on fairness.
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Date: 2009-05-21 02:15 pm (UTC)Interviewer: Do you want to be an MP?
Potential MP: Yes
Interviewer: I'm sorry you have failed the test
Do you see where I'm going with this? Politics tends to attract the sort of people you wouldn't trust to govern anything, let alone a country. The "I want to be the leader" kind of person.
What we could have instead is politicians a la jury service. You get called up by lottery, are perhaps subjected to a few basic tests, and then you're in. Obviously there would be kinks to work out with this system, but I can't see the randomly selected MPs doing any worse than the current bunch, and you can't fault it on fairness.
Thoughts?
Tom F