Maybe I reply in kind from time to time....again, If I was going around swearing at people like some on here I would understand your comments, but I think this is more a smoke screen to hide the fact you have no comeback.
Ok, back to task then.
First, there are fairly sound arguments to have more frequent opportunities to cast out the wheat from the chaff - some of the MPs with highly dubious expense scandals could have been dealt with far more appropriately and efficiently. Similarly, the disgraceful occasional situation when an MP decides to change political allegiances and cross the floor could be dealt with properly. As could MPs who decide that mixing with the riff-raff (on trains) who pay their wages. As could MPs who break their or their party's pledge on, say, lisobon treaty referendum. The list goes on (and on and sadly on)
Also, it seems pretty obvious that the current government's time was up at least a year ago - this arbitrary 4/5 year thing has done us no favours (for a start we haven't had the opportunity to decide on whether "we" even wanted the political landscape that Brown had a carte-blanche to adopt when he took over the top job. Noone voted for his version of Labour politics, and we have been forced to accept it since there is no structure in place to enforce checks on a regular basis.
Although medium/long term policies need time to settle and take seed, there should be things in place to enable the electorate to pull the plug if it's clearly going t its up. Thus a quarterly referendum may provide at least an initial step in the right direction whilst reinfocing and rmeinding our political "masters" of what a dynamic democracy entails.
Simply put, any out of the ordinary behaviour should result in 'asking the people' otherwise let them get on with with for 5 years.
