Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Monday, 22 May 2017
Heseltine on Brexit: 'The British People Have Been Sold a Deceitful Pup' - BBC Newsnight (June 2016)
Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine tells Evan Davis that British people were misled by Brexit campaigners, and that - regardless of whether he becomes prime minister - Boris Johnson should be put in charge of negotiations with the EU because "he got us into this mess". He argues there should either be either a second referendum or a general election to make sure the “will of the people” is met.
