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Originally Posted by fixed_truth
I'm not sure that a persons sexuality or their union background necessarily defines them in such a way that means they can't/don't represent their constituents.
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The problem is that both Labour and National's claims of being representative of the people are patently false. The thing that's apparent with a lot of our MPs is that they represent the worst kind of identity politics -- a singular definition (or at least a dominant presentation) of oneself, which evolves around blindly proffering the favoured stances of that one identity, at the expense of everything else. What has most of the union ratbags in Labour ever done other than regurgitating the usual union rubbish? Not that many of National's MPs are any better, of course. But as a matter of real politik, this isn't a problem for National: there isn't an opposition.
I think I'll save myself from the hassle of voting in the upcoming elections.