Politicians, too frequently, treat their voters with contempt. Gone are the days of representing the majority. Too often voters are ignored, derided or mocked. Accused of being uneducated, bigoted or far right, they are cast aside on the altar of progressive politics. The Western liberal democracies are bloated and bureaucratic. Like the unions, who are more interested in what they can get for their members than the service they are supposed to provide, western governments are structured more to protect themselves than the people they represent. Sir Tony Blair’s former spin doctor, Alistair Ca…
