Quite agree bob they are robots, democracy has become bloated and is reliant more on the civil service than its elected officials. But the problem is those in power and those who wield the power will not divest themselves of power without a fight.
You should watch Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher said it was the most accurate portrayal of politics she had ever seen. It's not the main man or woman any more that runs the country it is the bureaucrats, and that is sad, because unelected officials are subject to policy from groups that have their own self interest in mind so to overcome the lobby groups from business and all other areas the government has to overpower them and it is not going to happen in a country or any country whose lobby groups basically fund the parties. The lunatics have taken over the asylum. There are strict laws in the UK that don't allow any business to fund any party, but as all businesses and other concerns do they get around the law by back handers, by bribery and by other nefarious means. In our country they are usual caught out in the US they are actually allowed to fund parties, although the back handed corruption still goes on, and it does in our country too, payment for questions in the House of Lords for example was the recent most corruption scandal, the US and UK are actually very corrupt compared to most countries in Europe, but not in the same leagues as some Asian countries and Africa, or indeed the ME or South America...
