Are our politics broken?

People in this country are governed by processes that feel alien to their lives; by the puerile and archaic pantomime that so often dictates the Commons; by a system that keeps power hoarded in Whitehall.

Nick Clegg writing at Newstatesman.com this week.Is his correct?Well certainly many people in this country feel disenfranchised by the whole political process and he adds that

While energy bills continue to rocket, while private debt continues to spiral, and while more and more small businesses close, the other two parties are back in their corners. Political point scoring is at an all time high. Punch and Judy have put their gloves back on.

and the solution

radically decentralising power, taking the price tag off power, and giving people much more control over their own lives.