Election interference ?

I am placing this article because this has been happening everywhere:

Also in the US, Brazil & closer to home in New Zealand & Australia.

Sometimes you are stunned by the election results of Left wing parties, while in your circle of friends, family & work colleagues you don not know anybody who votes labour / democrat or greens etc.

EU SPLURGES millions 'interfering' in elections to boost brutal 'Dictator' in war on free speech

As Brussels faces mounting accusations of election interference across Europe, GB News Originals travels to Armenia, where critics say the EU’s political meddling has gone far beyond the ballot box.

From Slovakia and Romania to France, the Netherlands and Hungary, the European Commission has been accused of using NGOs, media funding and censorship pressure to shape political outcomes. Now, those same allegations are being levelled in the South Caucasus, where Armenia has become a key battleground in the wider geopolitical struggle between the West, Russia and China.

Nick Dunning investigates claims that EU support for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is helping enable the persecution of opposition figures, the targeting of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and the silencing of dissent ahead of a crucial national election.

Human rights attorney Tatevik Soghoyan describes how ordinary citizens, journalists, clergy and opposition MPs have faced arrest, prosecution and surveillance simply for criticising the government. Attorney Aram Vardevanyan details the case of billionaire Samvel Karapetyan - now considered Armenia’s leading political prisoner - who was arrested after defending the Church against government attacks.

We also examine the shocking case of 18-year-old David Minasyan, allegedly beaten inside a church by Pashinyan’s security team before being jailed on hooliganism charges.

Strong Armenia’s candidate for Prime Minister Narek Karapetyan explains why his uncle Samvel remains under house arrest as the opposition gains momentum in the polls, while lawyer Robert Amsterdam, who has now formally served legal papers on Ursula von der Leyen, warns Brussels that its continued funding and political backing of Pashinyan risks making the EU complicit in serious human rights abuses.

Amsterdam accuses Pashinyan of behaving like a “post-Soviet dictator,” persecuting political opponents, attacking the Church, and rewriting Armenia’s national identity while the EU prepares to deploy a new “anti-destabilisation mission” and its controversial Hybrid Rapid Response Team.

Why is Brussels backing a government accused of political prosecutions and repression? Is the EU protecting democracy, or interfering in it?

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We didn’t vote them in.

Let’s stop pretending we did.

When a party forms government with around 34% of the primary vote, that is not a clear mandate. That means two-thirds of Australians did not choose them as their first preference.

They didn’t win because most Australians wanted them. They won because the system shuffled preferences until someone was left standing.

That might be legal, but don’t insult people’s intelligence by calling it consent. Australians are told, “You voted for this.”

No, we didn’t.

What we’re watching now isn’t representation, it’s procedure. A system where power is handed to a minority and then defended with technicalities. A system where parliament increasingly feels less like the voice of the people and more like a very expensive buy, swap, and sell marketplace.

Votes traded for deals.

Support exchanged for amendments. Backroom agreements while everyday Australians are locked out of the conversation.

And once they’re in power, they govern like they have a blank cheque, pushing through laws, limiting debate, and acting shocked when trust collapses.

Democracy isn’t just about ticking a box on election day. It’s about legitimacy. It’s about consent.

It’s about the majority actually having a say.

When governments rule with a third of the vote and silence dissent through procedure, people are right to question whether the system is working for them anymore.

So no, don’t say “we voted them in.”

We didn’t.

And the more they ignore that reality, the more Australians will stop believing this system represents them at all.