[Margaret Pilkington]

Well, the really sensible thing would be to make sure that politics and politicians reflected the people and their views....took their needs and concerns into consideration. There has not been an awful lot of that happening.
The Asian community does not need to follow the imam and his influence should be in some way constrained......but how you could overcome that ...well I don't think it is possible.

Politics need to be transparent(except, of course, where such a policy would compromise national security)...it needs to find some way to ignite the interest of people.

The referendum has caused a lot of interest...made politics a talking point..but that is not enough.
If I had a magic want I would take party politics out of the local picture...and we would elect people to the council based on their ability to do the best job for the local community.

Politics needs to be less adversarial, less nasty, with fewer dirty tricks..now how you would do that....well, I think it would defy the wisdom of Job.