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Story: Government ignores Web opposition over ID cards

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Question : When has any government paid any attention to public opinion.

Answer : Only in verbiage handed out directly prior to an election.

As soon as the election is over every government in my memory(I'm 38) has totally ignored public opinion.

We've recently been polled about genetically engineered crops. We resoundingly said no. It will be interesting to see how the government responds to our decision. My guess is they will either be legalised or poorly restricted in a manor which allows big business to circumvent it.

Most western democracies are farcical. All we have is the chance to vote for our dictator every 4/5 years. Even then this choice is effectively limited by bipartisan politics to a choice of two.

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