Rachel Reeves 'I was wrong', **I was lying

It's not universal. There are some straight politicians around. I quite like Geert Wilders. I think there might have been some OK ones in the Cons as well. One that comes to mind was the farmer who was thrown out for looking at saucy pictures on his phone in parliament instead of listening to the shit being dispatched from the dispatch box. I checked him out and the constituents say he was a great MP, and really knew his stuff. I think he also had a lot of experience in the faming industry, and could have been a helpful addition to the intelligence of that place, but I think there was a purge on. Now all we are left with in that party is on par with Satanists, like child fiddlers and thieves. That's the "Do what thou wilt" philosophy.

Perhaps the population is so thick that they're not worth the time and should be treated like cattle.

Possibly. Most people just want to go work, pay the bills , have a bunk up and maybe go on a holiday .
They generally aren’t interested in politics and vote accordingly.
Those who have an interest in politics soon realise that they don’t have much of a choice anyway . Politicians don’t need to tell the truth to be elected, in fact telling the truth voiding be a liability 

I agree. 
The thing is that considering this and other things we should bear this in mind when voting or assessing our politicians.
Politicians sell us a constructed reality then sell us reasons why it never happened…then sell us a new constructed reality ….

Your simple world does not exist. It's not all black and white. Black and white is classical logic (Aristotle et al). Gottlob Frege extended it, but news has not reached the tabloids yet!