What, so we should all just shut up until 2015? The point of representative democracy is that we elect someone to represent us, and they're supposed to take our wishes into account all the time, not just once every four or five years. There's a tendency for those who work in Westminster to forget that the rest of the country exists, and they need to be reminded occasionally.
Also, right now we have a government that nobody voted for, composed of people who are all in breach of at least some of their manifesto commitments (even more than usual). Their legitimacy is somewhat shaky, and I think it's entirely ok for people to say "hang on, most of us didn't want you to do this, and in fact you promised you weren't going to, so could you perhaps stop it now?".
Anyway, it's always been the case that certain minority groups have more influence than others. A director of an FTSE-100 company, for example, has far more access to the ears of government than, say, a teacher, nurse, plumber, taxi driver or other non-millionaire. For those of us who aren't already on first-name terms with the PM, maybe taking to the streets is the only realistic option we have.
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Also, right now we have a government that nobody voted for, composed of people who are all in breach of at least some of their manifesto commitments (even more than usual). Their legitimacy is somewhat shaky, and I think it's entirely ok for people to say "hang on, most of us didn't want you to do this, and in fact you promised you weren't going to, so could you perhaps stop it now?".
Anyway, it's always been the case that certain minority groups have more influence than others. A director of an FTSE-100 company, for example, has far more access to the ears of government than, say, a teacher, nurse, plumber, taxi driver or other non-millionaire. For those of us who aren't already on first-name terms with the PM, maybe taking to the streets is the only realistic option we have.