Dear Sir,
The key to British democracy is restraint; we wait until the next election and cast a vote for the candidates and Party with whose manifesto we agree.
By contrast, nowadays, politics seems awash with people who favour bullying over ballot, personal attack over policies … and who call wildly for a ‘clear out’ of our elected representatives, smash constituency office windows, burn pictures of election candidates on Youtube, etc.
The most worrying thing about Brexit is not whether or how we leave the EU, but whether we will have anything left of our stable and tolerant democracy when it is all over.
Cllr John D Clare
Less Bile, More Kindness Please
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