1435 Hrs GMT London Sunday 17 May 2009:
Surely the test is whether the media and the public will stick to the outrage and unite to create a democratic, ethical, accountable and genuinely dignified, legitimate parliament. If this is not done then it will take a few centuries more before people will be able to see the intruders for what they are. These MPs and ministers and peers are not parliamentarians. Not democrats. Not representatives of the people. The reason why they have been able to claim to be those for years is because the public and the media allowed them to get away. That did not happen by accident. Media was very much part of the career politicians agenda. Still is. One newspaper, whatever the motive, decided to - and was able to - tell most of the truth on the cash and related deception and fraud and look how refreshing the atmosphere of public debate of politics in Britain has become. If we are to see change as an overdue consequence of this then we need the media to stop being the whore of the pimping parliament. Let us pay due respects to all the campaigners over the past centuries for a truly democratic Parliament and let us put a permanent stop to the flipping opportunists and abusers of the name of democracy and the institutions of democracy.
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