The rights conferred by the membership of a political party

<p>One of the lesser-recognised examples of this is the power exercised by members of political parties.</p> <p>They make up a tiny fraction of the population &mdash;<a href="https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn05125/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">&nbsp;the last piece of research that I saw</a>&nbsp;on the situation here in the UK had the total at 846,000 in a country with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/uk-population/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">a population approaching 69 million</a>&nbsp;&mdash; so not much over 1% of the population.</p> <p>Many &mdash; but thankfully not all &mdash; of these people imagine that paying a relatively small monthly fee and knocking on a few doors somehow entitles them to more influence than everyone else.</p> <p>It is these people who imposed Boris Johnson, Jeremy Corbyn and Liz Truss on us. They exercise power without legitimacy or responsibility.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@pauliewaulie/the-rights-conferred-by-the-membership-of-a-political-party-8b2ccb834127"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>