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Yes, they do, campaigning on a program of better services and then not delivering anything is very much against career politicians' interests.
by dvdkon 5y ago
Yes, they do, campaigning on a program of better services and then not delivering anything is very much against career politicians' interests.
- jokethrowaway 5y agoThe timeframe for changes is so long that this has zero chances of affecting any politician's career
- dvdkon 5y agoYes, but they're still judged for their actions, so they'll lose voters if they do nothing or take actions that will be widely criticised by the press.
- dageshi 5y agoThis was part of the reason why a lot of previously nationalised stuff was privatised in the first place. MP's would get people complaining to them about the quality of their phone lines from BT for example. It all moves in cycles, I could well imagine the same situation happening again in 20 years.