Thanks for the recommendation and a great piece Matt.
Ive been long convinced that there has been a very deliberate strategy from the right using their various mouthpieces, to discredit post war liberal democracy as it gets in the way of their libertarian (and ultimately authoritarian) ambitions. The MP's expenses scandal which was strung out by the Telegraph was a case in point. And I had some first hand insight. The bulk of MPs behaved perfectly reasonably, in a crude expenses system that was set up to compensate for them being grossly underpaid by any international standard. Yes that system was a bomb just waiting to go off, but the media and the public scream blue murder at any suggestion that we should pay our MPs properly. Let alone given the threats and abuse they now have to tolerate, which no other groups gets. And it leaves them even more open to be being paid by undesirable donors.
Thanks for the recommendation and a great piece Matt.
Ive been long convinced that there has been a very deliberate strategy from the right using their various mouthpieces, to discredit post war liberal democracy as it gets in the way of their libertarian (and ultimately authoritarian) ambitions. The MP's expenses scandal which was strung out by the Telegraph was a case in point. And I had some first hand insight. The bulk of MPs behaved perfectly reasonably, in a crude expenses system that was set up to compensate for them being grossly underpaid by any international standard. Yes that system was a bomb just waiting to go off, but the media and the public scream blue murder at any suggestion that we should pay our MPs properly. Let alone given the threats and abuse they now have to tolerate, which no other groups gets. And it leaves them even more open to be being paid by undesirable donors.
Superb and insightful piece of writing, excellent. Thank you.
Thanks Matt - feels very much like a time for people to use their vote to ensure they keep that right.
Absolutely superb.Thankyou
A wonderful piece. What's happened to our world is so tragic....so hard to bear.
I'm in tears.
A wonderful piece. What's happened to our world is so tragic....so hard to bear.
I'm in tears.