Are You a Member of a Political Party?

Margaret says the biggest potential upsets of the selection are coming from a series of independents. Is it a sign that people don't see a way to effect change through the party system? Ye. The thing that really struck me when i was researching this, you know, over and above the candidates, was the volunteers. Most of these campaigns, certainly the ones that have a real chance of success, are fueled by dozens, if not hundreds,. of volunteers who are giving hours and hours of free labour. And jim middleton, former political correspondent for the a b c and for sky s, said to me, look, that the big parties are basically over as mass movements. People