Re: If it has cost £108M that is more than the vaccine development program!
@Dr S: a serious question deserves a serious answer, so here goes. These are my reasons for not wanting to be an M.P.
1. I am not, and never will be, a "good" Party member (i.e. a back-slapping, two-faced extrovert willing to change opinions based on whoever tells you what your opinion is).
2. Living life in the public eye. I don't want everyone knowing who I am and what I (may have) have said or done in the past.
3. More importantly, my family don't want (2) above.
4. I don't want to be defined by my political opinions.
5. I actually have scruples that I'm proud of.
6. I would become VERY frustrated at nor being able to change what I see as fundamental injustices in the system (welfare, court system, democratic deficit).
There are probably more, but those five reasons are sufficient. Change the Party system, get rid of FPTP voting, set some enforceable limits on what journalists can invade, and I *might* change my mind.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
