MPs' expenses
Well, I suppose I had to write about this, everyone else is.
The electorate disgust me. When confronted with the waging of aggressive war, deliberate attacks on civilians, support for brutally murderous regimes, and torture - nothing. But piss an insignificant amount of money away on dodgy expenses and there's a slim chance that the government might fall. By comparison with my disgust for my fellow citizens, that which I feel for the dirty thieves in parliament is but a shadow.
And at least the MPs are being funny about it. Some of them are paying back what they stole from me and all the other taxpayers! And we all know that if you steal something but give it back when you get caught, that makes it all OK! Ha ha ha!
Trouble is, the voters are so fucking stupid that it will probably work. Oh sure, a few of the most egregious cases will get thrown to the wolves by their local party selection committees come the general election, but most won't, and people will just "vote for Labour" or "vote for the Conservatives" as usual.
Never mind that in this country we don't vote for parties but for individuals. Arsehats. It's time for another revolution. Let's see if we can make it third time lucky.
I say introduce Madame Guillotine and chop a few heads off... It's not that beheading people has a good track record but it will stop the lying scum from looking so smug when they hand a few pennies back of their ill gotten gains.
I don't know if I really want effective government but I certainly don't want the corrupt and incompetent government we have had for most of the last few decades.
Posted by Adam on Wed, 13 May 2009 at 23:29:58