Ah, but the problem is that of late all the major political parties have taken on the same primary purpose which is to preserve entrenched wealth and power. The parties which arose in former times and for some time honestly did represent the aspirations of ordinary working people (and this, I believe, would include Labour in the UK and the New Democratic Party in Canada, for example)........those parties no longer represent the aspirations of ordinary working people, although many of their members still think they do.

They have been taken over from within at the upper levels of power and they now represent the unholy triumvirate of major banks, major corporations, and the most wealthy 5% of the society...plus the military-industrial complex that is an arm of major corporations.

Thus you ended up with a Labour government that mysteriously went to war in the Middle East for reasons of US and UK corporate imperialism and utterly betrayed the very people who voted it into office, as well as ignoring the most massive antiwar demonstrations that I think have ever occurred in the UK and western Europe!

That's why I say it's hopeless expecting anything from any of these established political parties. They've all been bought out by the richest 5% of the population and they will not represent the ordinary public when in office.

The only way you can get free of this is by dismantling the existing political parties altogether and starting over entirely with a system that has NO parties. Unfortunately, I don't see how that can be done, because the present ruling system will ensure that it doesn't happen, and they own the broadcast media.