When Did it All Start To Go Wrong?

[ReganAndCarter]

Maybe started going wrong in 1911 when they started paying MPs a salary.

 

[motorbiking]

But then how does a "working man" with a mortgage feed himself during his tenure?

 

[ReganAndCarter]

But then how does a "working man" with a mortgage feed himself during his tenure?

Take some bungs like all the others.

 

[Ihavenojob]

1st May 1997

 

[ajohn]

Part of a politicians problem is that they need to get votes.

 

[Vinty]

it all went wrong , when discipline in schools went down the collective toilet years ago

They should bring back the cane but only for consenting adults.

 

[Vinty]

The two World Wars. Ever since those, politicians have had to administer ever-dwindling budgets and hindered by the creation of the welfare state and the National Health Service. Being in debt has become normality and it has become impossible for a politician to be conservative.

If we all subscribed to the old adage, "neither a lender or borrower be", the banks would go bust in a week.
The financial parasites who run the world need us to be in debt, otherwise they would cease to exist.

 

[Vinty]

Maybe started going wrong in 1911 when they started paying MPs a salary.

MPs used to be unpaid, this meant working class people couldn't afford to become politicians.
Only the rich could get involved in politics or they could sponsor someone to advocate on their behalf.
This resulted in the complete corruption of the political system.
A better way would be to ban political parties from accepting donations from private sources.
Parties should be funded by the state just like their MPs.

 

[ajohn]

Parties should be funded by the state just like their MPs.

The left has mentioned that. Can't recollect similar from the right.