That Man Again
Yes I know he is an extremely conservative man working for an extremely conservative newspaper but at times I just can’t help agreeing with him. I have nothing in common with him, yet his sense of disgust at our some of our new political class endears him to me. Below I’m going to paste a couple of paragraphs from his latest column which can be found here. I am purposely posting sections that attack both our main parties.
The rot started at the top. Much changed under the Blair government where, incredibly, it became normal for the prime minister’s official spokesman to lie on the record. Tony Blair himself repeatedly deceived Parliament, often on vital issues involving peace and war. Meanwhile, he exploited his position as prime minister to obtain favours such as free holidays, discounted goods and other inducements, a pattern which has continued after leaving office.
This amorality spread to MPs. The 2005-10 parliament was probably the most corrupt since the 18th century – its members lied, cheated and sometimes falsified documents in order to obtain expenses fraudulently. The problem was so widespread that when David Cameron came to form his government, he felt that he had no choice but to include some of the most notorious expenses abusers (in a very unpleasant irony, one of them, Francis Maude, is at the Cabinet Office, where he is in part responsible for issues of integrity) inside his own Cabinet.
