[wraymond]

It’s difficult to maintain a sense of proportion, and/or respect at the very least, for our elected representatives. There are no such things as paragons of virtue or saintly behaviour. On the other hand those who would two-facedly dodge the accusations or, let’s face it, actually deliberately lie are not fit for office in Parliament.

The knowing grins and shifty looks say it all. But it’s never been any different. One of them knowingly retained foreign citizenship despite being in office and having extremely close personal contact with not only foreign investors and markets but also close relationships with extremely wealthy family members. Confidential conversations are bound to be tempting in certain circumstances.

Of course, no offences occurred in all this but it is actually beyond belief that people were unaware of the closeness of parties and the possibility that might give rise to questions about suitability for high office. And then have the gall to address each other as ‘honourable’.