Unpolitics

Politics means "the art and science of government" to be sure, but what most of the people who are under the rule of the politics of a place, want is merely to enjoy their daily lives in relative comfort and security.  Most of us don't care to a huge degree which political party, either of a social leaning or in the other direction, our governing body happens to be, as long as we gain from its policies. The average citizen doesn't belong to any particular party but may lean toward liking what the history of a certain party has demonstrated.  It's a chance we take when we vote. No political party adheres, or can adhere to exactly what their platform dictates during a campaign. First of all every voter "out there" is principally interested  in their own personal home situation, and second of all, they are too busy with their daily lives to be hammering up signs, yammering speeches and batting balloons at political hoop lah pre-election celebrations, before they hit the polling booths.  They are  scrambling to make a living so that their families and their futures will have some kind of agreeable stability, and they hope that the next election will help them do so. When they make their vote, they want relief from all the political media flotsam and jetsam that  is largely platforming  hot air, and see it come down to realities that matter. I speak of the vast majority of folk who are more concerned with what happens at home than with the colour of the party that gets in. While there are politically passionate sorts with their hats and balloons and signage,  the "silent" majority just want food on the table, comfort in their old age and their kids to have a promising future. Unfortunately, when a party is elected, the battles in parliament begin. It seems according to what we voters hear and see,  that one side of The House does nothing but rail against the other side to a degree that often times the promises made during an election, are bandied about like a tennis game that does nothing but rally back and forth with no end score. Here's a news item: most of us don't care who did what - we just want it done. I am basically apolitical and while I don't swing one way or another particularly, I want to see a political party in power that has the same concerns as I do about caring about people. We citizens ultimately pay for everything that happens in the country and we expect some kind of bang for our buck. While all we have is one vote, the same as every citizen including the passionate political pundits, we want it to go to work for us. Sometimes there is so much in-fighting going on in parliament that the real  reason for it being there is forgotten. It is for the benefit of the people. All of the people.