The politics of issues that unite us

There are many things that fragment and divide us. These are handy tools for politicians and parties to subvert the will of the people. It is ironical that even while democracy is about what people can agree upon - not what they can disagree upon. The politicians are successful in keeping us largely distracted by playing up these differences instead of building on what unites us as a nation. Let us root for a directly elected chief executive of government (you can call the position anything you like - prime minister isn't too bad). He can be checked and balanced by a parliament elected as it is currently. No prizes for guessing which constituency or special interest group such an elected CEO would have to serve! What are the chances of Dawood or any other criminal backed politico rigging the whole national vote? Only then the chosen leader would have the mandate to weed out the undesirable influences like criminals, fixers, touts and scamsters that are our elected representatives today