Clearly age isn't the problem, there are young [political party] groups and those minorities (pun intended boom) are definietely policitcally educated.
Instead we should have an eligibility criteria, like at least being a tax payer. Or some minimum education criteria.
Like the people who voted UKIP in the local elections, while I don't have an issue with them as a legitmate politcal party, they are a one trick pony which can only be done in national / eu level, there is no platform for them as local councillors.
I don't know what the solution is, benevolent dictator, which I would more than happily run ;).
Just consider the Anglican Communion vs. the Roman Catholic Church, both have a similiar structure. The big difference is that the Pope is the voice that matters so if he sees something wrong he can rapidly change the course of the RC through his will (or holy ghost depending on your theological leanings) the Anglican Communion is instead left having to table motions as general synod that happens infrequently and any change from the status quo requires a 2/3rds majority.
This is the issue that we have with parliament is that opposition will often vote against the government just for the sake of voting against them and scoring political points for making the government seem ineffective. Whereas we need people who have conviction to see what needs to be done and vote for that regardless of which side it comes from.
It does scare me Labour's forecast spending and I really can't see how they are going to do that without taking more money out of my pocket. That is without looking at what labour did to NHS wales : shudder : . Plus I think we totally got the wrong milliband.
UKIP: Withdrawl from the EU worries me. I am in favour of the EEC, the whole open free and fair trade within the european bloc is essential and to put but barriers into out largest trading partner is economic suicide.
The Greens, they are more worrisome for me than UKIP, but that could be because I lean more right than left. In a lot of ways I do like some of their ecological views and certainly sustainability should be a the core of what we do. Though being pro nuclear and trident it would worry me that we would be removing ourselves from the top military table just at the time when Russia are becoming resurgent.
SNP/Plaid : I doubt I will have an option to vote for them ;)
LibDems: Clegg is certainly a very good orator, though I am not sure that they might not flp flop all over the place.
Tories: Well they still haven't sorted out the debt as promised and I'm not entirely sold with free schools, they need mroe regulation i think.