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A gay couple adopted our grandchildren.. and kids think we're dead


The answer is... Really stupid!

Just how stupid do they think we are? Fury as MPs finally publish their expenses - with swathes of evidence blacked out

Anyone comes first unless they are your Mr and Mrs Average
Want to see a GP? Gipsies come first as NHS tells doctors that travellers must be seen at once

They have increased their working week then!
TWO-DAY WORKING WEEK IN THE COMMONS


This is why he is a "former" high flyer

Former Tory high-flyer 'claimed all women should be sterilised'


While we cry!
World laughs at MPs' expenses scandal (Read the full story)

Appologise, yes!, but is it true?
LibDems forced to apologise after campaign leaflet described rival as 'greasy haired t***'


What government is meant to sort out
Special investigation: The streets where Alfie, 13, grew up offer a disturbing glimpse of the moral anarchy engulfing Britain (Read the story)

The Ministerial Code of Conduct (Read the full story)

Well here it is explained the today’s Daily Telegraph; "The Ministerial Code of Conduct is based on a single, overarching principle: “Ministers are expected to behave in a way that upholds the highest standards of propriety.”  (See the full story by clicking on today’s incredible story) It then goes to explain that the detail is spread across 28 pages of text. Great, at least we know there is one, but unfortunately the Telegraph doesn’t publish the actual document, so we can only guess what it says ... my thoughts on some of the probable statements within the document are below, please feel free to add your own.
1. When you meet the Queen, refer to her as "your Majesty" do not call her old dear and no hugging or kissing.
2. Members should leave the chamber when requiring to urinate, failing that please move to the back benches.
3. When referring to colleagues on the opposition benches you should use the term "The Honourable Member", and you must not laugh.
4. Tea will be served in the commons at 3pm; those who are late will get no biscuits.
5. Travel must always be first class so you don’t mix with the riff-raff.
6. To ensure that expenses are paid correctly "expenses classes" will be held every Tuesday titled "How to make a fortune". You are expected to attend at least ten of these a year. Expenses will be paid.
We know from the expenses debacle that it cannot be much more than this type of statement, or no-one or only a few have actually read it, perhaps they can’t. That’s a good point because if they were educated in our wonderful school system they may struggle. Perhaps the code of conduct should be put into pictures making it a bit easier to understand.
Lets be honest here, even if there was no code of conduct what some of the MP's have done is corrupt, perhaps not illegally corrupt but morally corrupt. So I think that the code of conduct needs to be tightened up and who better to do that but us, so if you have any ideas...
So off to work


Time for a revolution
(Read the full story)

Well what we see in Today’s Guardian is that the government is going into meltdown. Perhaps it is time for a revolution but let’s just consider why?
No police on the streets, we can catch the villains after they have committed a crime because we will have video evidence from the million and one cameras that we have in your area. Cameras are a great idea for government ... it means that although crime is not stopped they can improve the detection and conviction rate. MP's can of course claim for personal security guards.
No Fox hunting, poor little furry things, but lets go off to the middle east and let the local population hone their killing skills on our young men.
No smoking, because it cost the NHS too much money repairing smoking related problems. Well we all know that the numbers do not add up, so lets be honest about it. Don’t smoke because we don’t like you smoking ... there.
No drinking, again it cost the NHS too much money and we as a government want to mother you. What about this ... we don’t like you horrible irksome people having a good time, you're placed on this earth to work hard and give money to us (government) so that we can have a good time, so don’t drink... ever.
The list goes on and would just get boring. What about all these fat cats like professional footballers who earn oodles of dosh a week, why don’t we just make them pay more tax, which would enable the MP's to have an even better lifestyle and get off the backs of the ordinary "folk". Good point here and would no doubt go a long way in the corridors of power, but how about this for a revolutionary thought! We could work out a tax equation that means that everybody takes home the same money and we can fix that at say £20,000 that seems fair. Or we could say to all those who don’t earn £100,000 a week that our aspirations are that everybody will earn that and therefore pay loads more tax. This would enable the MP's to continue or enhance their lifestyles. Of course this won’t happen because the people that are in politics, that  we elect to manage the country don’t seem to have a clue about managing paper bag exits. So politicians listen up ... if you want everybody to be the same then don’t pull the rich people down, make the poor people rich and you will get your money just the same.