Highlander and others,
Have you tried making your objections known to your MP?
It might just make a difference if more of us took up our objections or reservation on government decisions with our elected representatives.
Years ago I wrote to my MP,Bill Tynan(Labour now retired) outlining reservations I had on the then European Constitution.
His response was,as far I was concerned, a load of waffle accompanied by the comment that no one had ever brought up these concerns with him before.
I know that I was not alone in my reservations but,apparently, was the only one to bring them to his attention.
I followed this up with correspondence with his replacement,Jim Hood(Labour)on the substitute European Treaty.
This man ignored me for months during which time I did not even receive the courtesy of an acknowledgement of receipt of my correspondence.
I persisted by sending e mails and letters to him personally at Westminster and at his Constituency Office and eventually I received a very abrupt and rude letter from him which did not answer my questions.
As the population of a democratic country we complain too much among ourselves and not enough to our elected representatives and possibly because of this they feel that they are free to do as they like or when required simply follow the party line.
Politicians now seem to have forgotten that they are paid from the public purse and as such are answerable to the public,if we care to question them.
On my 'High Horse' and in full critic mode.