Parliaments/legislatures began as bodies Kings were forced to consult when imposing taxes. They were part of…

Parliaments/legislatures began as bodies Kings were forced to consult when imposing taxes. They were part of a ceasefire between a King and his court. They were never about ‘the people’. And now they aren’t again. Democracy itself never was about the people. https://t.co/N7o9Qn2NR5