I can understand why people get despondent. Nothing changes no matter which party takes control, but it's far, far better than many other parts of the world and for that we should be thankful. We make complaints on the basis of relative wealth, for instance; different strata of wage rates, linked to percentage pay increases means that the division between the better and the lowest paid is forever widening. All three major parties always promise to correct the disparity, but none ever do. So mistrust is ever present in the mind of the voter.



Establishing a new political party and getting widespread support for it is extremely difficult as Arthur Scargill's; Socialist Labour Party has shown and the SLP was formed in 1997.

Penetrating the major parties with enough members to gain control like the Militant Tendency did, is one method, but their success was short lived. Even though the 49 socialist Liverpool city councillors kept their manifesto promises, i.e. creating jobs and building two storey semi detached houses to replace deck access and Victorian dwellings.
The media slaughtered them because they feared political change of such intensity and the public turned away from them because of media reports of the conduct of one high profile councillor who was allegedly involved in corrupt practises.

Therefore to achieve changes to the current political system, some method of breaking it down must be implemented. First we must destabilise the established old boys network by voting for an Independent candidate, or better still, an anti-sleaze candidate. When the major parties are in disarray because of heavy losses that is when change can be demanded by organised groups.