Politics... Some funny things

I don't claim to know much about politics. Its probably why I find the lectures quite interesting, because i'm learning alot of new things. In our most recent lecture I was made aware to many things that made me think some political aspects are actually quite funny!
Some of the parties like the NIMBY's for instance or the "Not In My Back Yard" parties. These are pretty much the elderly generation who think change is fine as long as the change stays a million miles away from them. The example chris gave was that they'd think wind farms were great... as long as they weren't in their back yards! The first thing that popped into my mind, "wouldn't you just love to put wind farm near these people JUST to make them angry?" Cold I know, but if your not thinking the same thing then your pretty odd. Can you really call this a political party? Although they are part of local government rather than Whitehall, they don't actually create movements for the good of society. In my opinion they are more like a pressure group, putting a stop to something they disagree with rather than debating something that might do society a bit of good.
Another aspect that is quite comical and obviously gets under a few peoples skin is what is known as "the West Lothian question". Basically it refers to how a Scottish politician can debate and vote on things that will affect people living in England, but not the people living in Scotland. How fair is that? So a Scottish politician may have voted for tuition fees to apply to the University's in England even though they don't apply to the University's in Scotland. This aspect is probably THE definition of political correctness. How ironic!