Re: Who to vote for?
Originally Posted by
Dextrous63
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What about there being a time limit on how long an MP can be an MP? A maximum of, say, 15 years should allow time for a politician to hone their skills, lead a department and not become burnt out nor a parasite.
Go back to Victorian days and you wouldn't find any parasites in Parliament. They all had private incomes, if I'm correct, so were not 'career politicians' in today's terms.
I think the advantage was that they were more likely to represent the country and their electors rather than themselves.
Quite the opposite of most of today's MPs.