No, we all want to keep our own party alive and we need the others to make jokes about.

In general, and from a solely UK point of view, I think the best answer is that they have for many. Some are still persuaded by one side or the other, but the voting population falls with each turn out. There is currently no sign of that trend reversing with any real strength. As to why this is happening, the answer is probably very complex, but can be reduced to a simple fact - people don't really like liars. The unpleasant taint of some paints them all the same colour, and the 'good' MPs are worthy but not newsworthy. So we hear about the failures, the morally questionable, the extravagant, the corrupt and the stupid. As for my beliefs, I'd had enough of them all many years ago. Maybe I'm more susceptible to the influence of the media than I thought. Whether I am or not, a party, traditionally, should hold generally similar views. In the UK this is governed and controlled by the various parties' whips offices, which is government or would-be government bullying and threatening it's own to avoid embarassment for the leader and his muppets. Is that really a way to inspire trust? With more political (or politicised) issues coming into the realm of 'personal choice', I see traditional parties as potentially damaging. Some sort of organisation will always exist in government, but the current system is over-due for a change.

i Study Politics and i am shocked by the fact that there are no major differences between Political parties nowadays. It is actually shocking because if these major parties are all increasingly similar, then there is no usefulness within any of them. X