http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/06/25/mps-really-arent-well-placed-to-investigate-mps-expenses/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Wed, 09 Jun 2010 14:37:35 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2008/06/25/mps-really-arent-well-placed-to-investigate-mps-expenses/#comment-2605 beachhutman Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:54:18 +0000 http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com/?p=750#comment-2605 Once you understand that our MPs are mostly greedy, incompetent and corrupt, it is a lot easier to understand this sort of thing. They may have started out as fine and upstanding fellows (and fellesses) but they go native very fast, then begin to lie on cue in a Pavlovian way, decide that it is the people letting them down and not vice versa, and make the miraculous discovery that the act of being elected makes them super intelligent and places them above common ethics and even the law. This is why all governments go rotten; the winning MPs so outnumber the opposition that they can set new standards of corruption and deceit, and get away with it. Once you understand that our MPs are mostly greedy, incompetent and corrupt, it is a lot easier to understand this sort of thing. They may have started out as fine and upstanding fellows (and fellesses) but they go native very fast, then begin to lie on cue in a Pavlovian way, decide that it is the people letting them down and not vice versa, and make the miraculous discovery that the act of being elected makes them super intelligent and places them above common ethics and even the law. This is why all governments go rotten; the winning MPs so outnumber the opposition that they can set new standards of corruption and deceit, and get away with it.

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