THE MP expenses scandal has already culled some and no doubt the axe will fall on more.
I know that many people in the UK are appalled to discover that so many MPs have been claiming much more expenses than the average person earns in a year, and that's on top of their wage.
If I had been interviewing any of these MPs who have been
so liberal with their claims, I would have asked one simple question. "Did you ever think it was MORALLY right to claim for things like a duck house for your pond, garden plants, or manure?"
Because the simple fact is that if an MP believes it is morally right to claim for such things he/she has no right to be an MP and if they don't then what possessed them to claim in the first place? Did they enter Parliament and collectively leave sight of their senses?
My colleague in the Herald/Gazette last week urged everyone to go to the polls on June 4, and I sincerely hope you all do – to register a massive vote against the estabishment.
We need a change in Britain and only a total humiliation of this government will force them out of office.
Otherwise they will cling on to the very last moment, until they have to declare an election next year. And by then this country will be in an even greater economic mess than it is now.
Just as people get themselves in a dreadful mess by borrowing beyond their means, governments too can dig themselves into a hole that it's a mammoth task to get out of. And that's what this government is doing.
Last week's news that new government borrowing has soared, to a record of almost £8.5bn in April, is frightening.
It led to a leading credit rating agency revised downwards its outlook for the UK economy. Standard and Poor's downgraded its view of the UK to "negative" from "stable".
These credit ratings are crucial as they help determine the cost of borrowing.
A credit downgrade could make it more expensive for the UK to borrow money, which, in turn increases government spending, and that could mean higher taxes, not just for a year or two but for decades.
We need a new government looking to the future – not one trying to cling onto power for the next few months.
