[Livia]

Originally Posted by Cromwell1900

I wish i could say i thought it was a few rotten apples, but surely the good Apples would Out Them wouldn't they? Doesn't seem to happen ever.

I can't remember a single time one Politician grassed up another, in the cause of exposing improper conduct.

Politicians grass each other up all the time. Their staff also grass them up. I think it's well known that TV's political correspondent Daisy McAndrew was Charles Kennedy's press secretary, and leaked the story about his alcoholism that ended his career. Didn't do her any harm either.

I'm not sure people would vote for a politician who went about pointing the finger at other politicians. People hate a grass in all walks of life. Eventually they'll get outed, like the idiot who claimed expenses for the duck house and the hero who claimed for his moat to be cleared. The more of those people who are exposed, I think adds to the chance that MPs in the future will have to be more transparent in their dealings and more honourable all round. We have a chance to sack them every 4-5 years. If more people voted, things would be different.