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A brave move
Finally a politician brave enough to make a real challenge to this mad idea. With populist programs such as Tony Robinsons Crime and Punishment series currently being broadcast, which clearly shows the incredible legacy and complexity of the development of our legal system, I find it amazing that the large majority of this country still thinks this is a good idea. That says much more about how the media generates and then reports on opinion that anything else, and the ridiculous bias we seem to be leaning towards of using any kind of opinion poll to then direct policy decisions.
I think we forget in this country that we elect expert people to make decisions for us, and that we are in no way experts ourselves. This whole debate has moved way beyond where it should be, and to my mind is far too important to be left in the hands of the general public. Has the craze for television that can be voted on managed to convince them that they should control everything? Let them get on with the latest Big Brother or Pop Idol vote instead, decisions much more appropriate for their talents.
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