I’ll start by saying that I’m not a particularly political person and certainly don’t favour one party over the rest. In fact I think I’ve voted for all three parties at one stage or another. However, I think the expenses scandal has highlighted the need for a General Election to wipe the slate clean and get the country moving forward again.

MP’s claiming for 18 months worth of payments for a mortgage that has already been paid off is simply wrong but to be honest I’m as horrified that MP’s think that We should pay for their dog food!

Westminster is filled with career politicians nowadays and although I would never want to go back to the days where the landed gentry held all the power, I do think that MP’s should have had to work for a qualifying period in a “proper” job before being allowed to stand as an MP. Ten years would seem like a sensible period of time. After all, what can a 21 year old bring to the House of Commons except for their own bottle of Clearasil!

Contrary to some commentators views, I also think that it should be mandatory for politicians to have jobs outside of parliament but make it consistent. e.g all politicians should sit on the board of a company/trade union/NHS trust 1-2 days per month and that this should be funded by the company or trust engaging their services at a standard rate. You never know we might have politicians who know what’s going on in the real world and understand what needs to be done to make thinks better.

Last solution to put the Westminster world to rites; All MP’s need a residence in London so why doesn’t the country buy 660 properties in London for MP’s to live in. That way we could make sure that they all have a nice comfortable place to stay in London but the asset still belongs to the country and We could all benefit from property price increases (assuming house prices go up in the future)

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