Westminster is not a branch of Sainsbury's, and voters should be mature enough to realise that.' What is meant by this statement and to what extent do you agree with it?

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                Naomi Harding – Politics

Question: ‘Westminster is not a branch of Sainsbury’s, and voters should be mature enough to realise that.’ What is meant by this statement and to what extent do you agree with it?

This statement is saying that, in basic terms, Westminster and Sainsbury’s are completely different in the sense that Westminster is the government and whereas, Sainsbury’s is a ‘local’ supermarket and that voters in Britain should be aware of this key difference.

When you go to your local Sainsbury’s, you are able to purchase anything in which you can afford, your choice of groceries doesn’t have to affect, or agree with the person standing behind you in the queue. A key factor of Sainsbury’s is that when choosing your items, the currency used is money. In Westminster, on the other hand, you can’t buy the policies you want or pick and choose which policies from different parties you fancy. The policies are set by whoever is in power at that time. Government policies should agree with the majority and although, people will always disagree, there has to be a middle ground. Unlike in Sainsbury’s, politics doesn’t have a currency and money isn’t needed to form your own political opinion, just an active interest.

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Sainsbury’s is made accessible to everyone all over the country (to a degree) anyone can jump in the car and drive to their local branch to make their purchases and no real background knowledge of the supermarket, economy or franchising is needed to buy your weekly shopping there, however, in Westminster, it’s not very accessible at all to the general public to have a political effect you need to be in contact with the ‘right’ people. These days you can’t just drive up to London and take a walk around Westminster and to make informed decisions on which parties to ...

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