No let up in the sleeze (quick rant)

On the back of Lord Ashcroft and his dodgy funding of Tory candidates in key marginals, it was utterly disgraceful watching Geoff Hoon, Patricia Hewitt and Steven Byers, as well as the rest of the Westminster riff raff, from both sides of the house, attempting to sell themselves for £3000-£5000 a day for their 'contacts' (See C4'Dispatches' via their website).

When found out they seek to back pedal and claim they are making it up. Therefore either complete liars and bullshitters, or completely without morals.

And of course it is all 'within the parliamentary rules' as if that is any excuse.

Appalling, appalling, appalling.

Blair and his ilk were only too keen to give up the beautiful poetry of Clause 4 'By hand and by brain....' and with it the soul of the Labour movement. Keen to embrace big business and loose any ethics the Labour Party had.

These people should have the parliamentary whip immediately removed, and face disciplinary action from the Labour Party and parliament. They should then be dismissed, loose their pension entitlements and any payoffs they would normally get leaving parliament.

There must be an end put to any lobbying by MP's. Now as I write there is news just breaking about how other MP's have also accepted holiday freebees return for asking a question in parliament.

These people never learn, despite everything over the past year, and they are the first people to call for legal action when some single mother over claims her benefit to feed her kids.

We need radical and progressive change (reform is too weak a word) of our 'democratic' system. None of the main parties can do this. They are all too corrupt. It is only for the Green Party to make this change, and ensure we too never become corrupted by power and privilege.