If a manufacturer sells a pot of paint or a can of beans,
you can get your money back if the product does not live up to its advertising
promise. This is now well-enshrined in consumer law and no manufacturer would
expect to keep its customers if it did not abide by this legislation.
Why then, despite all the European and home-grown
legislation to which we are reputedly bound, can political parties and other
bodies behave in a way which is not acceptable in other areas of our national
life?
I listened to all the arguments and then cast my vote.
Even though my ‘team’ won, I find that leaders of all parties
have now changed their minds about what was and is being promised. Meanwhile
the voters are not allowed to change their minds. Again, to make a
comparison with a purchase, IKEA have big posters in its stores saying, ‘It’s
okay to change your mind’.
To compare the situation with a well-known paint
manufacturer, the situation is far worse than not being ‘what it said on the
tin’, it’s like buying a tin of paint without any label at all.
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