Direct Democracy

Here's Douglas Carswell MP making the case for Direct Democracy and, in the process, elegantly proving that not all politicians are stupid, greedy, power-hungry scum.


Here's my favourite quote, given how I harp on about the infantilisation of the population of this country.

"People, when treated as mature, sensible adults, generally behave like mature, sensible adults."

I was on 18 Doughty Street with Carswell at one point, and we shared a taxi back to South London; he's a sensible and intelligent chap...