By that measure most people in this country have “disgustingly right-wing views”. This sort of faux outrage self-righteousness simply plays up to right-wing caricatures of “out of touch metropolitan liberals” etc.

It seems that those with contacts can have mre influence over politicing than the elctorate and this is a Bad Thing. For deomcracy, for governance and for everyones well being.

(And yes they’re tories… but New Labour are just about as bad)

Ex-government ministers seem to find employment in companies within their ex-purview pretty damn quick.

Blunkett, Hewitt, Hutton and a whole lot more are guilty.

I don’t see it.

(Unless, as Mr. Mendes graphically demonstrates, it’s simply that they are Tories.)

“I don’t do lobbying,” she said. “However, that does not mean I won’t phone up a Member of Parliament and say this client or that has an issue and would you be willing to speak with them? I will also give my clients a particular insight into the party.”

That is an outrageous bout of doublespeak. She’s also the one with disgustingly right wing views isn’t she, who wants to bring back hanging.

We should be hanging Tory PPCs.