As much as I dislike Peter Hitchen's politics, he has it right when he says that both major parties are now just commercial organisations, who raise money where

As much as I dislike Peter Hitchen's politics, he has it right when he says that both major parties are now just commercial organisations, who raise money wherever they can get it to buy their way into office through unscrupulous election campaigns. They then presumably reward their donors once they are in office. The electorate are a constitutional necessity for this process, but otherwise their fears, hopes and desires are largely irrelevant.