A comment on the blog of the previous post. Hands up everyone who wishes (a) the first past the post system was dead and (b) that they had voted for someone else in the last local and general elections?

The comment:

“The appointment of Douglas Hogg to this bloated and unaccountable insult to democracy is simply the Prime Minister’s way of saying **** to all members of the public who expressed disbelief that we were expected to pay for duck houses, toilet seats, wisteria trimming, Ian Duncan-Syndrome’s £39 breakfasts, garlic presses, etc, etc, ad nauseam.

Taxpayers are expected simply to keep their mouths shut while people like Lord High on the Hogg run the country for their own benefit. If he had any sense of decency, he would have withdrawn in shame from public life, but shame no longer seems to be felt in political circles, alas, so instead this man will grow old and fat on his £300-per-day attendance allowance. All while his party gets on with their noble task of harrassing thousands of sick people who are at the mercy of the state.

How the hell can we have ended up with this Banana Republic system of government?

Remember that Lord Hogg is already Viscount Hailsham – this new “honour” just means he gets new robes and new expenses!