Matters have been moving apace in this week of elections with ministers tumbling from their positions and the demise of Gordon Brown surely imminent.Despite this MPs from both leading parties continue to trot out the same old party soundbites, conscious that they either need to be protecting their political backsides from the whips or choosing their re-aligned companions. Whatever the scale of a problem, however much they are in the wrong, spin comes first and truth takes a back seat.
For me, this tedious, endemic dishonesty is far worse than many of the 'fiddles' that have been used to make up their salaries, bad though those are.
How refreshing it is to see American politicians interviewed by Paxman et al. It is remarkable how straightforward many of them are, often (and I know you'll find this difficult to believe) attempting to answer the question!
It is often bandied about by the major parties that there is strength in the 'first past the post' system. Even if that is true, it is at the expense of honesty from our representatives and serves to embed hypocrisy and self-preservation.
Indeed, as being an MP has become a lucrative opening into the world of Croesus, how can we expect anything to be otherwise?
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As a UK expat living in Spain, I'm ashamed of the current state of so called Great British political system. Even sadder is that there stands no real or formidable opposition. I agree, I think the nation's leaders need take a look at the political system across the pond (once they've settled their expense accounts)and realise that hood-winking the public is no longer acceptable.
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