I was very happy to support David Cameron’s call earlier this week for an immediate General Election as a means of restoring people’s trust in our political system.
As an elected politician of 11 years experience and a political anorak for many years before that, I have never known a situation like the one we have at present. And there is a very good reason for this - it is unprecedented.
The ongoing scandals surrounding MPs’ expenses - MPs from all parties – has brought shame on our Parliament and our country.
Over the last few weeks, we have had wave after wave of party leaders and others including the Speaker running to the fore claiming they have the solution to the problem.
And yes, clearly I would say this, but I think only David Cameron has come anywhere close to making the rights calls and taking the proper action against those individuals in his own party who have stepped out of line.
But there is a bigger issue that must be addressed –people must be allowed to have their say on their local MP’s conduct.
Parliament belongs to the people, not MPs, and people must have faith in their Parliament.
Mandates must be renewed and a General Election must be called.
Please click on to http://www.signforchange.com/ if you want to support the Conservative campaign for this to happen.
As an elected politician of 11 years experience and a political anorak for many years before that, I have never known a situation like the one we have at present. And there is a very good reason for this - it is unprecedented.
The ongoing scandals surrounding MPs’ expenses - MPs from all parties – has brought shame on our Parliament and our country.
Over the last few weeks, we have had wave after wave of party leaders and others including the Speaker running to the fore claiming they have the solution to the problem.
And yes, clearly I would say this, but I think only David Cameron has come anywhere close to making the rights calls and taking the proper action against those individuals in his own party who have stepped out of line.
But there is a bigger issue that must be addressed –people must be allowed to have their say on their local MP’s conduct.
Parliament belongs to the people, not MPs, and people must have faith in their Parliament.
Mandates must be renewed and a General Election must be called.
Please click on to http://www.signforchange.com/ if you want to support the Conservative campaign for this to happen.
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