Ghurkas - Extreme Lobbying

Whatever you think about the Ghurka issue, you cannot but admire Joanna Lumley's supreme lobbying ability. This is celebrity power in action. Faced with such finesse, Government Ministers and even the Prime Minister, fall at her feet in a swoon promising the earth. Go girl! But, let's think. Is this lobbying by a talented beauty any different from the lobbying by fat suits with wallets and corporate backing we're more used to? They can get laws changed just as easily, but quietly in the shadows. No-one is asking what the rest of us think or want. What if you wanted to change inconvenient legislation and had no money or media attention - no-one would listen would they? MPs are our servants above all and they should make sure the voice of the many is heard above the voice of any one person. The proper process should be that the many are engaged to change legislation, not the few. How else do our government know what their masters (the people) really think.
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