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April 25th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda The study by the Hansard Society found that the public is more disgruntled, disillusioned with and disengaged from politics than at any time in the past decade, British media reported.
The research showed that less than half the population is now interested in politics at all and one in three is unlikely or certain not to vote at the next election.
It concluded that coalition politics “does not appear to have been good for political engagement”.
The study found that dissatisfaction with politics is particularly evident among Liberal Democrat supporters.
A year ago 72 percent of Liberal Democrat voters said that they were interested in politics but that has now fallen to just 50 percent. The number of Conservative supporters interested in politics has fallen to 65 percent while Labour support has dropped 12 points to 48 percent.
The study also suggests there has been a striking decline over the past two years in the proportion of the public undertaking voluntary work. One person in five says they would be prepared to work for free in their communities, down from nearly 30 percent in 2010 — a finding which the Hansard Society said represented a “worrying development” for the Big Society.
Ruth Fox, director of the Hansard Society’s Parliament and Government programme, described the findings as “worrying”.
“2011 was one of the most turbulent and momentous years in recent history,” she said. “But it appears that the economic crisis, the summer riots and phone hacking did not lead to any greater interest in or knowledge of politics.
“Only a quarter of the population is satisfied with our system of governing, which must raise questions about the long-term capacity of that system to command public support and confidence in the future”, she added.
Tim Farron, president of the Liberal Democrats, said he thought that the findings could be related in part to the economic hardships of the last few years. But he added it was incumbent on politicians to “win people’s trust back”.
“In a time of serial bad news it is perhaps not surprising that people are dissatisfied with the political process,” he said. “And to be involved in politics at a time like this is testing, and it is no fun at all to be steering the country through a period of austerity.”
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