it would it be nice if our elected representatives were required to be honest? Well, a private member's bill has just been published which, if it became law, would make it an offence for MPs, members of the devolved assemblies, MEPs and elected mayors (or agents acting on their behalf) to make, or publish a statement they know to be false, misleading, or "deceptive in a material particular".   more »

This is nice work if you can get it. I calculate based upon the various recess periods that our overpaid, overbearing, arrogant and in the main obnoxious MP's and Lords work on average about 6 months in the year. That is of course just the terms times, but even then there is little obligation on the MP's to actually turn up, and many of them just don't both even doing that.   more »