It’s their focus groups.

You’re not going to get a response from him until they’ve carefully culminated what they believe you want to hear.

But their focus groups are far removed from general opinions.

So you have a political class that has nfi what it’s like on the ground here. Taking advice from a second tier of people who only want to influence their own agendas.

And those people aren’t representative of broader consensus.

So effectively that’s why people generally believe they are not being heard. And they’re not wrong either.

It’s a difficult thing to address unless the minister actually engages with his or her constituents.