I think you nailed in the first sentence

It could be. I have never dug into British politics. Maybe you could throw me a bone

@Leutrelle their parliament is a wile, they tell out what they want, and confront each other.
Look it up on internet.
They were even vocal about Trump and a state visit..

Tony Blair lied about the secret information he claimed to have about Iraq.

The media has repeatedly referred to the 1975 Referendum on the EU. I was there and that was not what the Referendum was about.

When the rich in England sell all the best engineering firms to Germany the government brags about 'rising foreign investment'

I don't know if there is such a thing as 'honesty in politics'.

Politicians say what they say to get more votes, more money or a well paid place in the EU admin in Brussels after they retire.

I appreciate your heart and your mind on this subject.

@Leutrelle Thank you.

There have been times when I was younger that my ego got in the way, usually because I couldn't control my emotions. But once I started thinking "what would my mum or dad do right now" I would change and become a professional. I would use a structure like "ask a question, listen to the response, provide my perspective then look for common ground where we could compromise" at least that's what I wanted to happen. But sometimes people just won't compromise.

Communication is a 2 way street after all, it's give and take equally. Or as close to equally as possible.

Except that the secular political interaction should never include the assertion that something is right because, "My God says so!"

@WilliamCharles the right wing evangelicals seem to want to inject just that stance into political and governmental discourse. Nothing new since they injected "under god" into the pledge of allegiance way back in the fifties and before that with the "in god we trust" crap on our money.