I think it was because we were young and less cynical . But I would say that certain politicians in the mainstream would have been hounded out as being basically spivs on the make.
I also think that we the voters are more susceptible to the barrage of almost laughably bad information and it means the village idiots are never short of companions nowadays. |
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"I'm old enough to remember the politicians from years ago, and these ones we have now are a lot flipping worse.
Anyone else feel this way"
Yes. There were even some decent ones during the Blair/Brown years but, since 2010, the talent pool seems to have dried up. |
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"I'm old enough to remember the politicians from years ago, and these ones we have now are a lot flipping worse.
Anyone else feel this way
Yes. There were even some decent ones during the Blair/Brown years but, since 2010, the talent pool seems to have dried up."
I see all the same old waffle from them and just switch channels now
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I think there has was a generational shift in the late 80s. Up until then you still had people who had experience of things outside parliament - WW2 was still something that the older MPs shared across parties. You then had a shift towards SPADs and the arrival of “professional” politicians. Experience of meaningful adult life work outside politics started to drop off.
The result is a generation of politicians who don’t truly understand what goes on outside government. |
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