Friday, May 08, 2009

Dog bites man - Politicians are bent. Correction, Labour government ministers are bent. Tomorrow the Telegraph will be publishing the opposition front bench's expenses claims. Well maybe, maybe not. There are hundreds more Labour MPs to name and shame. After that, with a bit of luck, some sort of injunction will be issued; police investigations will place stolen data sub judice, and the Conservatives can relax.
Am I being cynical? We'll know tomorrow.
I've always assumed that there may be a handful of honest, uncorrupted MPs (I won't say incorruptible). Why don't the papers save time and space by naming them, should they exist outwith my imagination. We can then assume that the rest are mired in corruption and prone to nepotism. Of course, the higher they rise the deeper they sink in sleaze.

"An honest politician is one who, when bought, stays bought." (Simon Cameron, secretary to "Honest Abe" Lincoln)

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