What are we doing when we vote? From what I understand what we are doing is attempting to select a body that best fits our own personal needs. In the case of governments we hopefully vote for the group who's manifesto best suit our current and predicted needs. Once we've voted the party that wins has an obligation to implement its manifesto as best it can - and deviations from that manifesto must be explained to the general public.
The party that wins should not view themselves as being in power, but should view themselves in a position of great responsibility to do their uttermost to implement the manifesto on which they were elected.
So, it is terribly disappointing - in fact it's very disturbing to see politicians believing that they are 'in power' (see for example this article) because this belief manifests itself as an implementation of policies that nobody voted for with little explanation to the general public. It manifests itself as a disenfranchisement (perhaps ostracization is a better word) of the general public who feel the government is disconnected from the people that put it there.
So, for me it would be very welcome to see the politicians start to use words (ideally with conviction) that show that they recognise what a government is supposed to do.
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