Our government pretended to listen to us while it decided with business, behind closed doors, what law to pass. Then it ignored what the public said. Then it pa

Our government pretended to listen to us while it decided with business, behind closed doors, what law to pass. Then it ignored what the public said. Then it passed the bill at the very last minute, without any real debate, and without even pretending that most MPs had read it. But the most worrying thing is that nobody thinks this is unusual. Apparently this is just the way things have to be.