Claim 9f36b798Checked 09 Jul 2026
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“We have the power to bring in new people with fresh political ideas.”
Reasoning & Evidence09 Jul 2026
In the UK parliamentary system, voters in each constituency choose an MP at a general election, and the candidate with the most votes becomes the MP. Parliament also states that a general election is an opportunity for people to choose their MP, and that the party winning the most seats usually forms the new government. So the claim that “we have the power to bring in new people with fresh political ideas” is broadly accurate as a description of how elections can replace MPs and governments. Sources: UK Parliament, “How MPs are elected” (https://www.parliament.uk/about/mps-and-lords/members/electing-mps/); UK Parliament, “General elections” (https://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/general/index/).
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I haven’t given up a successful career, I haven’t given up all my free time, I haven’t given up all my hobbies just because I want to be a politician. I’m in this out of conviction
The problem with that line of thinking is that, however rotten and bad we may view our political class at any given time, as long as we have a parliamentary democracy we have the power to change it, because we have the power to sack everybody and bring in new people with fresh political ideas. What you cannot do in this European system is change anything, because it’s the civil servants – the Commission – that have the power.
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