Oh yeah. I think Merrick's point was that just because he's high profile at the moment doesn't make him the answer to all their problems. At the moment going round and shitting in each person's lap individually and then slapping them would be infinitely preferable to what they have.
Will introducing a free-market economy so blanketly answer all their problems? (I'm not going to comment one way or another, as I really don't know.) Who are the other parties (small 'p') and what are their answers?