Is the UK suffering from a democratic deficit?

by oliviamcfarlane888gmailcom (student)

'The UK is suffering from a democratic deficit’ – How far do you agree with this statement? A democratic deficit is where democracy is lacking in a country. The statement implies citizens have less say than then used to. Many people believe their vote isn’t worth anything. This has led to the 2019 election that had 67.3% of voters vote. That is only 2/3 of the UK. In an election, you can spoil your ballot, meaning you don’t vote anyone and you technically vote against every one, so, its not the fact they think everyone is bad, its

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more to do with people not bothering or feeling the vote is unfair. Many people have to choose tactically because they think their party wont win so instead of choosing the one they want, they choose the least worst. You also have people whose parents chose a party so wont even look at the rest of the parties and don’t even know what some of their party stands for. The turnout rate in the 1987 general election stated the poorest income group was 4% lower than the wealthiest. You could infer that there is still inequality in the UK and this is making the vote change from one person one vote to what’s based on your social status depends on how much your vote is worth. The UK isn’t just England either, in Scotland, 76% voted SNP however we still have a conservative government when conservatives got 43% in the UK. If the prime minister was to give more of their power to their MPs it could be argued, we would have a better voter turn out as MPs would have more responsibility and therefore make more of the decisions specifically for the national needs and those surrounding their party and the voters supporting them. Rupert Murdoch has 1/3 of market shares on NewsUK and he owns many news groups such as the Sun, the Mirror, the daily telegraph, sky news. He also has dual citizenships between Australia and America. His networth is also approximately 22.9 billion USD. He is making billions off politicians looking like fools. He may own a house in the UK but he doesn’t understand what its like to experience life in the UK. Like most people, he doesn’t know what its like to live in someone elses shoes, however, when you are that famous and have a big influence on many peoples views, you might want to be a bit responsible and play both sides of the coin. I think many people are influenced by the media in how they vote and with major media companies, you don’t want to air out all the scandels because if someone from a party did something stupid, people would loose faith in the party rather than the person. That’s one of the reasons we don’t get much diversity in politics as there are some people who wouldn’t be able to cope with the backlash that comes with the territiory.