Summary
SOMETHING is missing, something it's difficult to put your finger on. Public anger and even hysteria about MPs' expenses is all around us. At least this is what the media keep telling us. But are you feeling it? Or am I sleepwalking through a revolution? Well it is half-term, so it's just possible that I am.
For this is a very British revolution: a bit of jeering on Question Time, some rude comments at public meetings. But are there crowds at the gates of Westminster demanding to be let in? Are we collectively winning back our right to be heard? No. It's more moaning in pubs about what a bunch of toads MPs are. We are fixated by their greed and pettiness - the soundproofing of bedrooms, the need for certain Tories to be able to stay in certain gentleman's clubs.See the full content of this document
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The Great Unwashed Are Vaguelyannoyed. They Need Stirring
The need for change is obvious, but now the politicians are telling us they are the ones who can manage that change. We are being offered, yet again, change from the top...
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