Shock Horror!

A Howard Government Senator insists on making decisions for himself. The fact that this ‘story’ is making news belies the contempt for democracy inherent in our political system. Somehow we must trust that it is plausible and right to expect that the hopes and aspirations of a complex society can be reduced into support for one banner, be it Howard's Coalition Government, Beazley's Labor Government, or some other.

All the present circumstance proves is that we don't really live in a democracy. We live in a society dominated by special interest groups which do not tolerate independent voices.