Labour lords a'leaping!

Now we move over to the House of Lords. Two Labour peers have been naughty boys too. They face suspension from Parliament for six months after being found guilty of misconduct. That misconduct was of being willing to change laws in exchange for cash. Sounds more of like an Italian parliamentary excercise than that of a peer of the realm.

Of course they say they did nothing wrong, but they were caught on camera with microphone turn up. The Sunday Times got them bang to rights! A worm would need to be a contortionist to keep up with all the wriggling that's going on at present. Both houses of parliament need a clean sweep.

It's not as though this is new. Famously Tony Hancock, in the "Blood Donor", expounds his views on whether it is right that Cliff Richard earns ten times as much as the prime minister. Lapsing into a daydream, he mutters, "I suppose it depends on whether you like Cliff Richard and what your politics are".

That was nearly 50 years ago. Tells us something about time. Cliff Richard hasn't changed much and neither has politics, it seems.