A few questions occur to me here.
BBC NEWS | Politics | MP expenses leak 'not for money'.
But I wonder if the loss of confidence in MP's, and thus of those in public office, and ultimately of authority, is of as much ultimately more worrying that the fiddling the books. The timing of the leak, before an election, allowed the minority parties a strong voice. It could have been worse, but the gains by UKIP was significant and they have a definite agenda.
So what was the political agenda of the leak?
And do we really trust the press as the guardians of our morality? I know I don't.
BBC NEWS | Politics | MP expenses leak 'not for money'.
A middleman who helped pass on details of MPs' expenses to the Daily
Telegraph has said it was done for the public good and not to make
money.
Yes, it was right the situation be confronted. But I wonder if the loss of confidence in MP's, and thus of those in public office, and ultimately of authority, is of as much ultimately more worrying that the fiddling the books. The timing of the leak, before an election, allowed the minority parties a strong voice. It could have been worse, but the gains by UKIP was significant and they have a definite agenda.
So what was the political agenda of the leak?
And do we really trust the press as the guardians of our morality? I know I don't.
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