What do you call 325 cheating, money-grubbing politicians whose careers are doomed?
At least half of the House of Commons' 646 MPs will be swept away at the general election, as voters take revenge on the political classes for the expenses scandal. The departure of 325 members of parliament as a result of forced resignations, retirement and defeat at the polls would represent the biggest clear-out of parliament since 1945. As many as 30 will be forced to resign directly because of the expenses scandal, while whips expect more than 200 to quit because they are unable to cope with continued public anger. Up to 90 MPs will be voted out in the election.
Some are not ready to take their lumps, and are now appealing to the populace with a half-vomitous, half-comical kind of emotional blackmail.
Conservative legislator Nadine Dorries claimed there could be potential suicides among members of Parliament. "I think people are seriously beginning to crack," she told BBC Radio. "There is real serious concern that this has gotten to the point now which is almost unbearable for any human being to deal with."
The scandal's fallout is also beginning to spread to the European Parliament.
Good times.
Only half of them will be swept away? I was hoping for more like 85-95%! Oh well, like you said, it's a good start!
Suicide, they warn? If I believed in a God I would get on my knees and pray that they follow through on their threats.
Information Technology sure does a lot of good for the average joe, does it not? These politicians can't get away with the things they used to, because it's so much more difficult for them to hide their crimes. Internet: is there anything it can't do? :D
Posted by: Aaron Kinney | Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at 12:36 PM
When is the next election? If it is more than a year away the voters will have forgotten the scandal and vote them all back in.
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