OMG, that’s exactly what I think. I thought I was being original :o I’ll have to check my underwear for whiskers.
As in, neither the politicians nor the voters seem to pay the slightest bit of attention. Various special interest lobbies will totally dominate any discussion and some hideously sub-optimal outcome will be arrived at. Farm and agriculture policy is a good example. I can’t believe many economists have anything good to say about the current arrangements. Ditto for steel, textiles, etc., etc.