dealtn wrote:didds wrote:
MPs actually HAVE any dignity and self-respect? Who knew?!
Have you actually met any elected politician? The vast majority (and all of the ones I have met) are engaging and genuine in trying to improve the lives of their representatives.
I guess its easy to default to a cynical position of universal criticism of motives and actions.
I think you mean trying to improve the lives of those they represent? Actually I would have written improve the lives of some of those they represent. Many others will suffer social and financial disadvantage from the actions of elected politicians.
Everybody, and this includes politicians, should be judged fairly on their achievements. What they say and what they come across like, should be treated with a fair dose of scepticism, because politicians are really just salespersons trying to flog their brand of controls and constraints.
Wragg has behaved appalingly, but is being protected by Rishi and Hunt, who he supported in the past. We are being encouraged to treat him leniently because he is being portrayed as a vulnerable gay man, when in reality he is a nasty little schemer and plotter.