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[Wibs]

People go into politics for a number of reasons. Some - Blair, Cameron etc. - to make their fortune.

Have to pick up on this one. Not sure anyone makes a direct fortune out of politics, save for a few total dictators. After politics, of course, is where all the networking comes into play.

I genuinely believe that all UK politicians enter politics to try to "make a difference".

The cynicism comes later. Talking of which...

[edit] Just spotted this - this is an example of our politicians in action https://www.theguardian.com/politics...ords-allowance

these people really are the scum of the earth. [/edit]

Obvious example of fraud. A moral disgrace. Should face the consequences and be thrown out of Lourdes and face a full knobbly gloves internal inspection of his accounts for the past 7 years. Or hung from the wall if it were Gillead.

[Chrisch]

Have to pick up on this one. Not sure anyone makes a direct fortune out of politics, save for a few total dictators. ...

Really? You are THAT naive? Multi millionaire Blair doesn't convince you? Try the other team in their own private newspaper....

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business...speaking-fees/

[Mikael]

Our political system self selects the "right" kind to progress up the tiers of power. Those who enter with good intentions either change their ways or get relegated to insignificance

[Tim Digger]

Our political system has it's roots in the medieval feudal system and then in the religious struggles for supremacy between monarchs and the church. This was then amplified by the Victorian era of class and might is right (and then we spread it across the Empire on which the sun never set). The struggles for the Reform Acts to get rid of Rotten Boroughs are a case in point. Those who have will always strive to keep it for their next generation. Maybe sterilisation (male or female) before any procreation should be a precondition for any elected office!

[dwhitlow]

thought some might enjoy this....

[Wibs]

thought some might enjoy this....

Brilliant.

[Spirit of Guernsey]

[Spirit of Guernsey]

Samples tested
4621
Positive results
252
Negative results
4345
Awaiting results
24
No. of deaths*
13
No. of presumptive deaths**
3
Number recovered
238
Known active cases
0

[Wibs]

So that's it then? Back on yer heads lads? Life returns to normal in Guernsey?

[Spirit of Guernsey]

So that's it then? Back on yer heads lads? Life returns to normal in Guernsey?

Pretty much, some restrictions, 14 day quarantine for anyone entering the islands.