The NRA and the pro-Israel lobby hold politicians to ransom in the US. In one of the world's biggest democracies, unelected pressure groups hold such sway. And I haven't even mentioned big corporations such as oil companies. Brief against Israel, you're toast. Try to tighten the gun laws, the same. And don't even think of charging a premium for petrol that reflects its environmental impact. It's quite interesting that one of the main arguments in favour of the UK leaving the EU is that we would regain democratic control of our country. Well, the US is a proud, standalone country, and democratic control seems as far away as ever there in so many respects. And I know we have similar issues to the ones I've described this side, before I get castigated for attacking the US.