Hi John, Sobering conclusion, Direct democracy with subsidiarity is a way to average out the accountability issue. The present choice really is the evil of two lessers.
I am working with others on a Distributed ( opensource web) web 3 project to assist organising accountability at the local level for parliamentary constituency and governance at all scales and all levels.
The use of a WIKi and a suite of voting and comms Dapps is proposed.
I was very impressed with your EGO network work on the Brexit referendum, If you have time I would be keen to hook up for a skype chat.