As the Levenson inquiry is the latest to show, and the MPs expenses scandal proved earlier, we have an out-of-touch, self-satisfied, mutual back-scratching elite who look after themselves while ignoring ordinary people as much as possible. Maybe we could put up with that if this elite took the right decisions on behalf of us. But they don’t.

Everything from the criminal error of the Iraq War to the disaster of neo-liberal economics, recent times have seen both front benches united in one blunder after another, for which the people pay the price. So… cynicism might be understandable. But it is wrong. Continue reading →