AIBU to think there hasn't been a government the majority of people were happy with, for a long time?

[BarryWhiteIsMyBrother]

It doesn't matter which party is in power, it seems that the majority of people is never happy. We had labour and people complained. We have the conservatives and people complain. Lots. And it's not like it's two sets of people who complain depending on who's in power. Most people seem to complain all the time.

Running a country cannot be easy - so much stuff to decide, so many factors and sides to take into consideration. I don't think anyone could do a good job on all fronts. And yet it seems that people never look at the good stuff and just complain.

My post is not meant to support or undermine any party in particular. I'm just asking what people think about the above. Have you guys ever been happy when a particular party was in power and actually praised them, at the time?

I think the early years of Blair was the last time this happened. I grew up under Thatcher and Major governments and genuinely never realised a PM could be popular. The Iraq war was the end of that.

I agree at times with each government actually, but don't ever fully agree with them and what they do. Even agreed with boris once which was astonishing but can't remember what that was about now so clearly nothing important.

The majority must have agreed with them though as they got into power, which they can only do if they have a majority (other than with a coalition which always just seems like maybe we should have a revote rather than have a government we didn't agree to).

What I hate is when parties like the snp rabbit on about how Scotland didn't vote for brexit or whatever and they don't want it etc. No we didn't, but we are part of the UNITED Kingdom. Lots of other constituencies didn't vote for brexit either, yet you don't hear them harping on about it or demanding independence. It's called democracy, I hope someone will eventually reach nicola what that means. She struggles with it.

Teach not reach.

Every country has the government it deserves.

And I say that as a left of centre Scottish person in favour of independence.

I despair - of both the UK and its constituent nations, my own in particular.

1997-2003 was a good phase. Iraq marred the Blair years and it was a gradual decline from then. Brown inherited a tired electorate and the economic crash.

Cameron didn't have a majority 2010-15. The Lib Dems got an unfair rap for their share in the coalition. There wasn't spare money to throw around in the economy.

2016 onwards... oh dear...

Agree with PPs; I also had no clue, having grown up under the Conservatives, that a PM/government could be popular...

I voted for labour in 1997, which was the first year I was legally allowed to vote. There was definitely a bit of a golden period... until the Iraq war.

Correct, all Governments of any party have their shit moments

All people can't like the same Government unless they all voted for them.
.....And then even they don't.

James Callaghan PM was the worst I remember.

The two rival football teams system would be a silly way to run an ice cream stand, let alone a country.
Diversity of input needs, first, half the decision makers being women.

Next, it needs diverse views and ages and life experience from young to very old, including a reasonable proportion of disabled people. Importantly it needs people with widely different lives, including the powerless and the insecure.

The only way to get new viewpoints in is to use Citizen Panels, which have been tested with good results. There is a vast difference between mob rule and meaningful public involvement.

An uninformed mob tried to lynch a paediatrician, because they thought the word meant paedophile. A Citizen Panel broke the football team rival dogmas in Ireland over rights for women. The participants must solemnly take in, and discuss like a jury, the factual information they are given.

It must be obvious that citizen decisions from such a system are far superior to the rival football teams, with their respective undue influencers and motives.

Climate rebellion wisely do not wish to become a political party themselves, however their requests appear unarguably logical and reasonable, and they are among those all over the world wishing to remove undue power from the usual alpha male systems which have brought us all to disaster.