Men who have fought for 200 years for England, have won 26 Victoria Crosses, and who have memories of those who died for our King/Queen and country are not allowed to live here. The Ghurkas have been refused permission to live here permanently in what must be one of the most disgraceful snubs we have given anyone.

Thousands of local Post Offices, hubs of small communities, are to be closed DESPITE the majority of the population AND MP's wanting them to stay open.

Why?

Because we have a corrupt and undemocratic voting system allowed in Parliament whereby MP's vote according to what their party tells them to vote instead of what their constituents want.

Vote Independent and condemn the corrupt party political system to the annals of history where it belongs!!

In response to a comment by Desmond Turner (Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown) who complained in a debate in the House of Commons that MPs were fed up with being criticised for employing research staff, Harrriet Harman, Leader of the House, gave a perfect example of political corruption.

Miss Harman replied, "Everybody in this country would agree that it is important that legislation is properly scrutinised. A strong Parliament is necessary for a strong democracy."

I am sure we would all agree that that is a wonderful sentiment. However, this is the same Leader of the House who allowed her Government to force the Lisbon Treaty through the Commons without line- by- line scrutiny!!

Political expendiency is the same as political corruption. Changing practice to suit your own agenda is corruption, as is forcing MP's to vote in a particular manner according to the party whip.

The only way we can rid the country of political corruption is to elect Independents and banish party politics to the garbage heap, along with its MP's.

Patricia Hewitt MP has been given a £60,000 job on the board of BT, a company she 'worked closely with' as Trade Secretary.

Full Story Here.

Firstly, it is wrong and unnecessary for MP's to have a second job, they obviously have found enough to do within their constituency and are therefore failing those they represent.

Secondly, a Secretary of State, whether they hold office still, or are just plain MP's, should NOT be rewarded by company's they previously 'worked with'.

MP's have no right to demand our trust, as past events have shown, especially with this Labour government, and transparency, clear transparency not the opaque type Blair and Brown always talked of, must be apparent.

No grouping of politicians can be trusted, that is why we need to see the House of Commons filled with Independent MP's who are directly answerable to the electorate and cannot hide behind political colours.