Jenny1 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Absolutely DulwichFox. I agree with all of that. > But people are complex and often exhibit great > strengths along with appalling shortcomings. I > disagreed with virtually every domestic policy > Thatcher ever carried out, but she was no fool and > she wasn't lazy. This current lot are both. Perhaps the current crop of MPs are merely reflecting the current electorate, and I can only see it getting worse with social media. Who'd want to me an MP only to be constantly mocked, and/or subjected to misogyny, racism, homophobia etc. I can't get access to read all of this article, but it's clear the point the author is making... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/16/treat-mps-contempt-contemptible-will-apply-job/