It was bound to happen sooner or later. For years I've moaned about the political classes and their 'less than real life' view of the world. Call me a cynic but I always guessed they were all aboard the gravy train - I just didn't know for sure.
Now we are all aware to the extent we have been ripped off - ministers are resigning left right and centre and Gordon Brown is under pressure to leave office (he's sooo desperate to retain power that he'll have to be pulled out by the ankles, his fingernails gouging deep ruts in the oak flooring as he goes!).
I hate people like that. He seems to ignore public opinion, saying time and again 'I am the right man for the job, to see us through this economic...' Bollocks!
WE should decide if he's the right man for the job. WE need a general election. IF he wins then yes, he IS the right man but until then, he's just a power hungry nobody whom the public didn't vote in as premier. (Yes, I know we vote for our local MP, not the premier, but face it, in reality we vote for the party we believe in - and the person running the party).
So, Brown is an unelected premier and I think its time we vote to see him become an elected premier or a hasbeen - neverwasbeen!
Expenses: Yes, there are probably some good honest MPs but I'm afraid the minority (if they are a minority), have again spoiled things for the majority. What makes it worse is the number of MPs who have delved into their cheque books and paid back thousands in a flash. I wish I had that sort of money! Plus, doesn't that prove that they're not only wrong, but scared enough to repay swiftly, realising they are verging on the criminal.
If I claimed for ridiculous items and was found to have made false claims, I would have to pay the taxman back every penny, would probaly be fined and possibly prosecuted. Why are our politicians any different? They are supposed to be examples to us ordinary beings, upstanding citizens entrusted with the runningof our country.
We really are the laughing stock of Europe - the world even - take a look at a few foreign news websites...
