That would be the "lazy" way out. It would also be simple, fast, honest, straightforward and show respect to everyone involved.

Wait till you hear their thoughts on the disgusting social credit system ...

As little as laywers bring to the table, its at least something.

The ingress into politics has a vicious filter that works against working class people. I've been in the Labour Party and seen it in action. The tories have a native contempt for them too. It is a pretty grim thing that only the left most constituencies choose to field candidates whose lives are recognisable to the average person: Nadia Whittome is a great example of that.

It is the security services, police, and civil service.

At the moment the weak leadership (useless PM) is giving them an opportunity to rush the politicians into stiff like this.

I there has also been a change of mindset. Politicians (correctly) recognize that these people are the experts, but they seem to forget that their job is to weight up these opinions, ask questions, consult other experts, and apply the subjective judgements required to make trade offs (in this case security against privacy).

I don't think "experts" are always what they're cracked up to be. Partisan writers funded by anonymous third parties etc try to put themselves on a par with eg, university professors. Both groups like to ignore people's actual experiences too, preferring abstraction that misses key things.

Ultimately experts can't answer the question of what a good society looks like. Their job is to make it happen - if they're intellectually honest enough to try even when they don't agree with the starting point the politicians and electorate come up with.

rich people on the other hand

I concur

She was found not guilty of that bit. The conviction and jail time is only for defrauding the investors.

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