Reason #2674

Terry Waite says he might be an independent

One thing I picked up was that maybe the party system really does keep decent, fair-minded people out of the two main parties because they can't agree to the whipping system? I don't wish to tar everyone of them with the same brush but there are a lot of members who are just lobby fodder in it for the party job, and the big names are ambitious career politicians who place personal gain first - doesn't leave a lot of people with integrity...funny how most seem to be in the Lib Dems, who have no chance of gaining power

So you want the best candidates - stick to people who refuse to be told what to think, and you will only find that in independent candidates (and possibly the Lib Dems)