Where There Is Flagrant Abuse

Quite Apart From The Problem Of The Vote, It's Bad For The Image Of Parliament That People Take The Trouble To Come Up And Are Not Allowed To See Their Mp.

The Fact That John Prescott Is Being Paid Large Sums Of Money To Do Little Or Nothing Adds To The General Malaise Surrounding This Government And The Feeling That Ministers Are Incapable Of Tackling Serious Issues.

And Humility In Politics Means Accepting That One Party Doesn't Have All The Answers; Recognising That Working In Partnership Is Progress Not Treachery.

Well, As I Said, You Know The Issue Of Greek Debt, They've Grasped The Principle Of Debt Reduction. I Think Most People Would Argue That Probably More Needs To Be Done On That Front, And They've Just Begun To Take The First Steps To Accepting That There's Going To Have To Be Much Closer Economic Integration In Europe.

Britain Is No Longer One Of The World's Price Setters. It Is Painful. It Is A Challenge To Us In Government To Explain All That, And It Is A Pity That The Political Class Is Not Preparing The Public For It To Understand How Massive The Problem Is.