One of the principal reasons why this country has quite so many problems is the development, indeed increase, in the political class.A century ago this used to be made up of patrician liberals and conservatives and a move away from that seemed beneficial. If it was - it is hard to tell.
What has happened is that Westminster is heavily made up of lawyers, the non-productive and activists who went straight into politics from their university political societies.
Where is the experience of real life? - A new report suggests that the 2010 intake will be no better.
Complaints are made that women are under-represented but that is inevitable when fewer women put themselves forward - so with a smaller pool to choose from, only artificial and inappropriate manipulation can address this. Consider the poor quality of the Blair Babes who really have not covered themselves with glory.
I think we really need a 'Campaign for real politicians' - incidentally, UKIP would come out of such a situation rather better than would the three main parties!
