A lot of people talk about how important democracy is, but when given an important bit of local democracy they show they're not involved.

Most people don't know the differences between the town council and their local authority; they have no idea who their councillors are; they might not even know which party has control.

So in other words you assumed that I didn't care about local democracy, and therefore implied I was a hypocrite.

For what it's worth, I voted in the local elections held this year, have voted in general elections, and have even met up with my local MP to discuss financial reform.

Furthermore, the idea of a representative democracy is that you elect people to work on your behalf. You do so because it's a full time job to stay abreast about all political issues. Even if I knew the names of all my local councillors, knowing their names doesn't give me any insight into the decisions being made. Most of us have a limited range of interests, I could tell you about political activity I'm interested in, would that satisfy you that I'm paying attention?