Personally I think it's a great admission that whatever they've told us to comply with over the last forty years has turned out to be a massive failure.

Socially; politically and economically...use any metric you want.

Governments of both colours are more irrelevant today than ever before. No matter who you vote for.

But god forbid you describe yourself as independent.
God forbid you work as a Teacher; Social worker; EMT; Nurse etc....you know. Somebody who actually makes society better no matter how stupid a thing self inflicted you did.

And I have no sympathy whatsoever for career politicians; religious leaders and money market folk.

Their constant gerrymandering of rules and laws they imposed on the rest of us yet sidestepped themselves, constantly...for generations, leaves a vacuum where trust; hope and faith ought to sit.