No tolerance of democracy

It's very perplexing when politicians talk about reform.

Instead of genuine reform as the likes of Klaas Woldring and Edward James talk about, the major parties' reform is mostly making the rich richer and more powerful.

Socialism has been discarded by the Social Democrats, but socialism, that is true socialism, is as the first British socialist elected to parliament, Kent Hardie, said: "Socialism is the reign of human love in the room of hate".

Except for the enlightened Scandinavian countries, true socialism has never been developed in most countries, let alone true democracy.

In the English Civil War, democratic supporters of parliament, nicknamed "Levellers", were the first to feel Cromwell's iron fist when the Civil War was won.

Then, as today, there is no tolerance of true democracy.

Letter, 21 Jun 2010 Keith Whitfield, Woy Woy