the UK public is largely unaware<\/a> – generally engagement with politics here is low and I’d wager that the combination of politics and technology has a particularly high “snooze factor”.<\/p>\n[Perhaps Parliament needs to be transformed to involve some kind of “bake-off” type element with MPs getting voted out each week based on their performance. The Westminster Factor. Britain’s Got Legal Talent. Would that get the public involved?]<\/p>\n
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