America’s claim to be the greatest democracy on earth has long left me wanting to tell them that they have some food on their cheek, but i am far too amused by it presence and slightly worried its actually a mole. So I let it go.

 With 90% turnout in some areas or the US presidential election the Obama phenomenon has set a new precedent in global politics, that the right candidate can reach the disinterested and disengaged. 

A UK election of Brown v’s Cameron in the coming years, is guaranteed to bore the bejesus of the majority and make a sham out of the democratic right of choice.

Local politics in the UK is dead, as a resident in london I have no engagement with my political representative, I don’t actually know who it is and don’t care. The national leaders of tomorrow have got to come from the local grass roots of politics, get the engagement going here and we will produce an finer breed of political leader for tomorrow, so democracy can indeed be great.

Project 1 : Discover how the UK local level politics works and why it fails to engage local people in local decisions.