#BreakPartyPolitics #VoteIndependent

Andrew Bridgen MP

"I’m running as an independent in the next general election. I’ve come to the conclusion that you can either have an MP [gesturing towards the Houses of Parliament] who represents a [political] party in your constituency, or you can have an MP who represents the people in Parliament – but you can’t have both.... Independents are the answer; because the party system is completely corrupted from the top down.... This is a world-wide problem…. What we need to replace the whole of that Parliament with…: we need to halve the number of MPs, and what we need to do – all the laws, every three months, they have to be voted on by referendum by the people; it’s direct democracy – that is taking back control. Because if we sort this mess out [gesturing again towards the Houses of Parliament], I don’t want to ever be in the position where this can be done to the people again. And direct democracy is the answer – that will stop it.... [This is a global movement], and it’s going to get bigger!"