Let us abolish the political class.

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!