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DO YOU THINK POLITICS AFFECTS YOUR DAILY LIFE?
For many of us politics is a big turn off, what could a group of overly well paid, expenses grabbing MPs have to do with our daily lives? Government affects nearly everything. At the local level councillors decisions can affect transport, education, even our refuse collections. The National government affects the economy, runs the NHS, provides welfare and takes taxes. And internationally being a part of the European Union makes it easier to go on holiday to Spain and Italy. But does politics affect these things? Will throwing out one lot of politicians change anything, or will it just be more of the same?
Do you think politics affects your daily life?
Yes, because... Politics affects everything we do
To say politics does not affect our daily lives is a plain, uneducated lie. Even if you do not realise it, everything we do is directly related to politics - from the price we pay on a train to what time the pub will stay open until. Just because some people do not understand this, does not mean it does not happen.
Not noticing something doesn't mean that it is not happening. Your argument seems to be it happens but we don't feel it. So you're actually agreeing with politics subtly effecting your life.
It is however not often possible to see that politics has an influence. What time will the pub stay open? While parliament sets limits on opening hours it is not something we notice. If the pub is closed not many people think 'oh thats the politicians doing' and even less think 'thanks mr politician for keeping my pub open longer' when they are out drinking. There is a disconnect between what politics does have an influence over and what it is seen to have an influence over.
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Do you think politics affects your daily life?
Yes, because... taxes
We all pay taxes and we certainly notice when they go up or down, even how efficent the administration of the tax system we notice if filling out the forms for ourselves. The money we pay in taxes could be used elsewhere, on a holiday or a new car but then if we did not pay our taxes the government and the essential services that go with it would cease to function. Bankers are currently squeeling about a tax on bonuses on their already immense pay packets, if even they notice taxes then everyone does.
Do you think politics affects your daily life?
No, because... Government affects everything, party politics does not.
Governments are voted in via party politics.
Politicians are in office.
Politics affects the areas they will prioritise concentrating on. They have to at least try and keep the promises they made to their party and public to conserve their period in power.
The effect of politics on our daily lives very much depends on how it is defined. If governance and how government works is defined as politics “The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs”[1] then it does indeed affect everything. However politics is often treated as just being ‘party politics’. In order for such party politics to make a difference there has to be a political divide. The main parties have to have different agendas and offer a genuine choice that if elected can mean genuine changes to lives rather than carrying on with similar policies under a different veil. At the moment in Britain the is relatively little choice in party politics. Vote in the conservatives and they will reduce the deficit very marginally faster than Labour. This is unlikely to result in any radical changes in many peoples daily lives.
Vote on this point: Government affects everything, party politics does not.
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Vote on this debate: Do you think politics affects your daily life?
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06 Apr 2010
Point 1. Politics affects everything we do
To say politics does not affect our daily lives is a plain, uneducated lie. Even if you do not realise it, everything we do is directly related to politics - from the price we pay on a train to what time the pub will stay open until. Just because some people do not understand this, does not mean it does not happen.
It is however often to see that politics has an influence. What time will the pub stay open? While parliament sets limits on opening hours it is not something we notice. If the pub is closed not many people think 'oh thats the politicians doing' and even less think 'thanks mr politician for keeping my pub open longer' when they are out drinking. There is a disconnect between what politics does have an influence over and what it is seen to have an influence over.
Point 2. taxes
We all pay taxes and we certainly notice when they go up or down, even how efficent the administration of the tax system we notice if filling out the forms for ourselves. The money we pay in taxes could be used elsewhere, on a holiday or a new car but then if we did not pay our taxes the government and the essential services that go with it would cease to function. Bankers are currently squeeling about a tax on bonuses on their already immense pay packets, if even they notice taxes then everyone does.
Point 1. Government affects everything, party politics does not.
The effect of politics on our daily lives very much depends on how it is defined. If governance and how government works is defined as politics “The art or science of government or governing, especially the governing of a political entity, such as a nation, and the administration and control of its internal and external affairs”[1] then it does indeed affect everything. However politics is often treated as just being ‘party politics’. In order for such party politics to make a difference there has to be a political divide. The main parties have to have different agendas and offer a genuine choice that if elected can mean genuine changes to lives rather than carrying on with similar policies under a different veil. At the moment in Britain the is relatively little choice in party politics. Vote in the conservatives and they will reduce the deficit very marginally faster than Labour. This is unlikely to result in any radical changes in many peoples daily lives.
Governments are voted in via party politics.
Politicians are in office.
Politics affects the areas they will prioritise concentrating on. They have to at least try and keep the promises they made to their party and public to conserve their period in power.