AT least half of the House of Commons’ 646 MPs will be swept away at the general election, as voters take revenge on the political classes for the expenses scandal. The departure of 325 members of parliament as a result of forced resignations, retirement and defeat at the polls would […]

Three interesting articles in The Times today: Regulation comes in, necessarily, when you recognise that you can’t rely as much as you might hope on people’s intelligence or goodwill. But this can turn into an excuse for failing to encourage intelligence and goodwill in the first place. via Enough humiliation. […]

For the past fortnight, Telegraph readers have woken up every day to stories about MPs abusing their expenses and wasting taxpayers’ money. What can they do about it? The answer, at the moment, is very little. Voters need to be given the power to do something about politicians who have […]

Via Will the next Mr Speaker get the new era? | Daniel Finkelstein – Times Online : Of course, there is fury that someone somewhere is getting away with a free toaster, but the ferocity of the reaction comes also from a long-suppressed frustration, from a feeling that politics in […]