Re: "maintaining high standards of public trust"
I sat back and thought on this comment.
Well, we should have been taken to 600 MP's some years ago, but that was thrown out the window. There was an attempt to start a middle of the road party and I'm somewhat upset that it didn't go anywhere. I would love the chance to end this partisan rubbish and have a government that actually considers things on their merits rather than revert to partisan crap and name calling.
I mean, I know it's the job of the opposition party to oppose... but I'm tired of the bickering.
As for the civil disservants... well, that's a difficult one. It's not ethical to tie them down, but I do believe a clause preventing them from working in the same sector for 12 months may be necessary. Taken out of the loop for that long might be an incentive to prevent all but the hardy. I mean, Nick Clegg being head of global affairs for Faceache... that must have been an embarrassment for the Lib Dems. The man's entitled to earn a living... but there are reputational consequences to this sort of thing. Not that each party doesn't have people who have done similar. It will be entertaining to see what what BoJo does next year.