Britain's Got No Talent...Yet

So we now know that members in all the main parties have had their hands in the pot. Many will argue that their expense claims were within the rules, but unfortunately for those naive enough to claim for swimming pool maintenance, house keepers and paddock rolling, the public are their true judge. At a time when thousands of ordinary people are losing their jobs, we learn that these political masters are becoming extremely rich at our expense.

What is the solution? Well, it might be right under our noses. All the expense claims should be examined by an independent commission. The claims that fail to reach an acceptable level of moral scrutiny are referred to a panel that make a judgement as to whether that particular individual should keep or lose the whip. No doubt this will result in scores of cross party sackings but that is the price to pay for such monumental hypocrisy.

The next step will be for a nationwide reality talent TV show to choose suitable replacements. It does not take the imagination of a genius to know that the program would have the largest audience in history. Watching Alan Sugar and some one from the Dragon’s Den panel, grilling individuals who will then face a public vote, should ensure we are left with a political class, more able and more trustworthy than the current frauds we employ.

With a package worth over £65000 per annum and an economy that is throwing talented individuals out of work all over the country, it is inconceivable that there would not be at least 20 applicants for each vacancy. It is too late for apologies. The raft of stealth taxes introduced by successive governments that make our lives a misery have no effect on those who introduced them because they have been using those very contributions to avoid financial difficulty.