Democracy - Ring any bells, Gordon?

Richard Littlejohn in today's Daily Mail, linked here:

Our Prime Minister has never been elected by his own party, by parliament or by the British people.

He represents a Scottish seat in an overwhelmingly English parliament and passes laws affecting the English which do not affect his own constituents north of the Border.

Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all have their own versions of self-government, something which Brown stubbornly denies the English.

He signed away Britain's sovereignty to Europe, blatantly breaking a promise to hold a referendum he knew he'd lose, and lied through his newly-capped teeth about the consequences of his actions. He didn't even have the guts to attend the formal signing ceremony.

Even when he had the opportunity to secure a democratic mandate, he chickened out because he didn't trust the people to give the right answer. He was frightened he might lose the job he has always considered to be his birthright.

If Brown could find a way of abolishing elections altogether, believe me he would.

Lord Hailsham once described Britain as an elective dictatorship. Under Brown it's not even elective.

Britain is now governed by a series of placemen, quangos, bureaucracies and unaccountable officials who pay little heed to the will of the people. Most of our laws are made in Brussels by people we didn't elect and can't eject.

We don't have plebiscites, we have spurious 'consultations' which are then ignored.

But are there any left in the country prepared to protest, let alone push for change?