Archive for April, 2009
Quick fix will not restore public confidence
Brown proposes expenses overhaul. Gordon Brown wants to restore public confidence in MPs by replacing the (all too discredited) expenses system with a flat-rate for attending the House of Commons. In other words, he wants to replace the vaguely-fair but un-transparent system with one which is manifestly unfair and clearly wrong. The current [...]
Crisis of confidence comes to a head
This week we have seen an entirely innocent man apparently shoved by police on video, only to die shortly afterwards of a heart attack. Another officer has been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving when his 90+ mph car-chase killed a 16 year old bystander. In the mean-time, public confidence in MPs has dropped yet further following the [...]
