Brexit Briefing :Chaotic Politics.

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Britain is in chaos and our politicians are to blame.
The problem lies with too many 'career politicians.' We see this so much today and it must alienate a lot of voters who are struggling with every day, real-life issues.
There's nothing more annoying than listening to views about the NHS, the rail service, dealing with bureaucracy, the reality of unemployment, social care etc from people who have never experienced these issues.

Also, it seems to me that politicians have a mind-set that is fact based, but that's all. They are lacking in intuition, and that all important sixth sense.
They simply don't 'understand' people.

This was so evident in the EU referendum. People were pleased to be given a voice, but that voice wasn't really to do with our membership of the EU. For a lot of people, it was a protest vote against their personal circumstances. Their lives were hard, they wanted something to blame.

And since the referendum those very people who thought their voice had been heard are now finding that it hadn't.

The same goes in the US. Rallying calls for a 'Very big this or a very big that' won over the voters.

We need politicians who have lived a life outside of parliament. Real men and women who are in touch with real people.

People who can 'read' the mood of the nation, empathise, and really want to work toward a better future.

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