A matter of trust and respect

Politicians are trusted less and less and they need to engage their constituents in an effort to re-establish themelves as local representatives

Surveys tell us that we trust politicians less and less. The collapsing turnouts at local and national elections are vivid proof of this.

The reasons are complex and the subject of intense analysis. Some solutions will make the problem worse - state funding of political parties being top of the list. If people are not prepared to fund the current party political model then it is the model that should change not the source of the funding to prop it up.

If this leads to a lessening of the hold that