Political spades and shovels proverbialised

Would it be unfair of me if I were to suggest that all politicians should be given a grand tour of their local hardware stores. There they would be shown what all gardening implements looked like and be given a full demonstration of all the uses including standing on the wrong end of a rake.
I suppose the thought behind all this is that if our political leaders are led by their noses back to grass root level and then built back up they might, in the end, be capable of really calling a spade a spade and not a you know whatever shovel.
We all know politicians are rather good at wielding the proverbial axe while they point dirty fingers at their opponents in the attempt to curry favour with the local voting constabulary, (yes we are meant to police our politicians and keep track of their track records). We are all a part of the political cog wheel, even if only a small part, and therefore do have the capabilities of sometimes putting a hammer into the works.
Yes I do realise that "too many cooks spoil the broth", but on the other side of the coin "many hands make light work", and since "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush", the most I can suggest to my fellow electorates is that we all keep our minds wide open and remember to judge past behaviours before we concede to believing the promises that are made to us today.