{“ID”: 57, “post_content”: “ I spent last Tuesday evening at a parish council meeting in a village hall that smelled faintly of floor polish and instant coffee. Eleven of us, including the clerk, plus a man from the county council who kept checking his phone. The agenda item that drew the most heat wasn’t housing,…

{“ID”: 44, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 44, \”post_content\”: \” Letnou jsem na to koukal roky a po\\u0159\\u00e1d mi to vrt\\u00e1 hlavou. Politika, jak ji tady d\\u011bl\\u00e1me, skoro dokonale vyr\\u00e1b\\u00ed \\u0161patn\\u00e9 v\\u00fdsledky. Ne \\u017ee by lidi byli \\u0161patn\\u00ed. V\\u011bt\\u0161ina poslanc\\u016f, zastupitel\\u016f a aktivist\\u016f, kter\\u00e9 jsem potkal, jsou slu\\u0161n\\u00ed a pracovit\\u00ed lid\\u00e9. Jen\\u017ee syst\\u00e9m odm\\u011b\\u0148uje \\u0161patn\\u00e9 v\\u011bci. A jestli…

{“ID”: 32, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 32, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 32, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\” Pro\\\\u010d politika selh\\\\u00e1v\\\\u00e1 i kdy\\\\u017e lid\\\\u00e9 nejsou hloup\\\\u00ed \\\\n Posledn\\\\u00edch p\\\\u00e1r let tr\\\\u00e1v\\\\u00edm na jedn\\\\u00e1n\\\\u00edch m\\\\u00edstn\\\\u00edch zastupitelstev, na stranick\\\\u00fdch konferenc\\\\u00edch a taky v koment\\\\u00e1\\\\u0159\\\\u00edch pod oboj\\\\u00edm. A \\\\u010d\\\\u00edm d\\\\u00fdl se na to d\\\\u00edv\\\\u00e1m, t\\\\u00edm v\\\\u00edc jsem p\\\\u0159esv\\\\u011bd\\\\u010den\\\\u00fd, \\\\u017ee v\\\\u011bt\\\\u0161ina na\\\\u0161eho politick\\\\u00e9ho selh\\\\u00e1n\\\\u00ed nen\\\\u00ed ideologick\\\\u00e1. Je…

{“ID”: 21, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 21, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 21, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 21, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” Je\\\\\\\\u0161t\\\\\\\\u011b si pamatuju, jak jsem volil poprv\\\\\\\\u00e9. St\\\\\\\\u00e1l jsem v t\\\\\\\\u00e9 kabince snad deset minut a civ\\\\\\\\u011bl na hlasovac\\\\\\\\u00ed l\\\\\\\\u00edstek, kter\\\\\\\\u00fd vypadal jako \\\\\\\\u0161patn\\\\\\\\u011b navr\\\\\\\\u017een\\\\\\\\u00fd formul\\\\\\\\u00e1\\\\\\\\u0159 z \\\\\\\\u00fa\\\\\\\\u0159adu. \\\\\\\\u010cetl jsem noviny, m\\\\\\\\u011bl jsem n\\\\\\\\u00e1zory a dok\\\\\\\\u00e1zal jsem se o politice h\\\\\\\\u00e1dat u…

{“ID”: 19, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 19, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 19, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 19, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” M\\\\\\\\u011bl jsem v \\\\\\\\u00fater\\\\\\\\u00fd \\\\\\\\u010dty\\\\\\\\u0159icet minut mezi zuba\\\\\\\\u0159em a telefon\\\\\\\\u00e1tem do \\\\\\\\u0161koly kv\\\\\\\\u016fli d\\\\\\\\u00edt\\\\\\\\u011bti a p\\\\\\\\u011btat\\\\\\\\u0159icet z nich jsem proscrolloval \\\\\\\\u010dten\\\\\\\\u00edm o hlasov\\\\\\\\u00e1n\\\\\\\\u00ed o rozpo\\\\\\\\u010dtu na radnici. Tak vypad\\\\\\\\u00e1 realita \\\\\\\\u010dlov\\\\\\\\u011bka, kter\\\\\\\\u00e9ho zaj\\\\\\\\u00edm\\\\\\\\u00e1 politika a nem\\\\\\\\u00e1 \\\\\\\\u010das. Ne ta vysn\\\\\\\\u011bn\\\\\\\\u00e1 verze, kde…

{“ID”: 17, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 17, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 17, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 17, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” Ka\\\\\\\\u017ed\\\\\\\\u00fdch p\\\\\\\\u00e1r t\\\\\\\\u00fddn\\\\\\\\u016f se m\\\\\\\\u011b n\\\\\\\\u011bkdo zept\\\\\\\\u00e1 na n\\\\\\\\u011bjakou variantu t\\\\\\\\u00e9 sam\\\\\\\\u00e9 ot\\\\\\\\u00e1zky: nem\\\\\\\\u00e1m moc pen\\\\\\\\u011bz, ale chci skute\\\\\\\\u010dn\\\\\\\\u011b n\\\\\\\\u011bco d\\\\\\\\u011blat politicky. Kde m\\\\\\\\u00e1m za\\\\\\\\u010d\\\\\\\\u00edt? Je to f\\\\\\\\u00e9r ot\\\\\\\\u00e1zka a poctiv\\\\\\\\u00e1 odpov\\\\\\\\u011b\\\\\\\\u010f je, \\\\\\\\u017ee v\\\\\\\\u011bt\\\\\\\\u0161ina politick\\\\\\\\u00fdch rad po\\\\\\\\u010d\\\\\\\\u00edt\\\\\\\\u00e1 s rozpo\\\\\\\\u010dtem. Sb\\\\\\\\u00edrky, vstupenky…

{“ID”: 15, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 15, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 15, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 15, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” P\\\\\\\\u0159izn\\\\\\\\u00e1m se: na ja\\\\\\\\u0159e jsem \\\\\\\\u0161el k m\\\\\\\\u00edstn\\\\\\\\u00edm volb\\\\\\\\u00e1m, ani\\\\\\\\u017e bych znal jm\\\\\\\\u00e9no jedin\\\\\\\\u00e9ho kandid\\\\\\\\u00e1ta do \\\\\\\\u0161kolsk\\\\\\\\u00e9 rady. Prim\\\\\\\\u00e1torsk\\\\\\\\u00fd souboj jsem m\\\\\\\\u011bl na\\\\\\\\u010dten\\\\\\\\u00fd do detailu, p\\\\\\\\u0159e\\\\\\\\u010detl jsem dotazn\\\\\\\\u00edky, vid\\\\\\\\u011bl debatu, prost\\\\\\\\u011b v\\\\\\\\u0161echno. Ale ty spodn\\\\\\\\u00ed volby? Ve\\\\\\\\u0161el jsem s pl\\\\\\\\u00e1nem, \\\\\\\\u017ee to…

{“ID”: 13, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 13, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 13, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 13, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” M\\\\\\\\u016fj zn\\\\\\\\u00e1m\\\\\\\\u00fd volil patn\\\\\\\\u00e1ct let Zelen\\\\\\\\u00e9, pak se p\\\\\\\\u0159est\\\\\\\\u011bhoval do margin\\\\\\\\u00e1ln\\\\\\\\u00edho obvodu a za\\\\\\\\u010dal bez v\\\\\\\\u011bt\\\\\\\\u0161\\\\\\\\u00edho tr\\\\\\\\u00e1pen\\\\\\\\u00ed volit Labouristy. Nezm\\\\\\\\u011bnil hodnoty. Zm\\\\\\\\u011bnil okolnosti a jeho hlas \\\\\\\\u0161el s nimi. Zn\\\\\\\\u00ed to samoz\\\\\\\\u0159ejm\\\\\\\\u011b, kdy\\\\\\\\u017e to \\\\\\\\u0159eknete nahlas, a p\\\\\\\\u0159esto v\\\\\\\\u011bt\\\\\\\\u0161ina politick\\\\\\\\u00fdch debat p\\\\\\\\u0159edpokl\\\\\\\\u00e1d\\\\\\\\u00e1,…

{“ID”: 11, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 11, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 11, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 11, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” Every quarter, thousands of pages of lobbying filings land in public databases. They are free, searchable, and mostly ignored. I spent part of last month digging through them, and came away with two feelings: mild admiration for the people who actually file…

{“ID”: 9, “post_content”: “{\”ID\”: 9, \”post_content\”: \”{\\\”ID\\\”: 9, \\\”post_content\\\”: \\\”{\\\\\\\”ID\\\\\\\”: 9, \\\\\\\”post_content\\\\\\\”: \\\\\\\” Every year a government releases a budget document running to hundreds of pages, and every year most of us do the sensible thing: we read the news coverage. Someone else did the work, boiled it down to five things that matter, and…