What about people in public office behaving with the integrity which befits their station? But that clearly doesn?t apply anymore. These are partisan individuals out to make a buck and further their careers. This is a good thing apparently. They are merely reflecting the greed based society that the last few generations have so wisely built for us. People can?t be expected to be honourable when they are competing and looking out for number one. Competition and selfishness are what make the brave new world we live in great. It functions so well after all. So that is where we are, an incestuous group career politicians looking out for their own, running the country. Basically the type of self-centred shitehawks you would hire to run a sales office of some sorts. So perhaps we should treat them as such. Give them performance related pay. If they do their jobs properly and deliver to the public what it needs/wants they can get an extra couple of grand to spend on a new motorbike or Thatcher look-alike dominatrix. If not, sack them.