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                          |  | Knowledge 
                              is Power |   
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                              We 
                                need to agree on a common pool of information, 
                                in order to have a sensible discussion about the 
                                future.Without a common pool of information, there can 
                                be no meaningful Democracy.
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                        | There 
                            are many problems with our political system, and with 
                            our politicians.A quick example 
                            might be that we are trying to achieve too many things 
                            with just one vote every 5 years -  
                            select a good 
                              local representative, and
select a party 
                              which seems as though it could govern competently, 
                              and
select a manifesto 
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                        | Rather 
                            than concentrating on the problems, we need to focus 
                            on creating solutions.We need to work together 
                            to use our electoral system better.
No one is as clever 
                            as everyone, working and thinking together.We need to elect our representatives 
                            to serve, not to rule.
 Putting our heads together, 
                            and using a combination of technology and media, we 
                            can share ideas, learn some of the facts and background 
                            to what is happenning and what the options are for 
                            the future ... and then select the best options. Together. Creating a clear and powerful 
                            description of the sort of country we all want to 
                            live in.  |  |   
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                            then we can elect politicians who will work on the 
                            details, and deliver our collective agenda — 
                            not their own.We don't need politicians who 
                            have to struggle to be experts in everything, when 
                            they actually have no experience other than politics.We need people who will 
                            work on the details of what delivering what we want 
                            for the future.
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                                | Don't 
                                    wait for politicians to say what they want 
                                    to do.  | Tell 
                                    them what you want them to do. |  |  |   
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