The Last Ditch by Tom Paine

The protest passed cheerfully, with neither violence nor police intervention, much to the disappointment of the assembled photographers. Old Holborn’s tactic was to piggyback on an event staged by the Socialist Workers Party. Their antics are apparently of slightly more interest to the press. This caused some confusion to the…

UK Libertarian Party: Expenses Protest — Saturday 23rd May. I wish I could be there myself. After all, the £1.5 to 2 million pension fund set aside from the fruits of your lives' work to support Speaker Martin is reason enough. Martin should now face the life for which he…

Iain Dale's Diary: Douglas Hogg to Stand Down. I was just smiling at Old Holborn's optimism in using this still from V for Vendetta to illustrate his post about the Speaker's departure, when I happened on the news from Iain Dale that Douglas "the Moat" Hogg is going to stand…

FT.com / UK – Martin to resign as Speaker. Good news, but not nearly enough. Now it's essential to disprove the pathetic Labour spin that he's being used as a scapegoat. The best way is by metaphorically cutting the throats of all those who could have hoped to use him…

Look at this apology for a man, clinging desperately to his loot and undeserved privileges by reading tremulously from his carefully-prepared script. See how he stumbles over the more difficult words. If Parliament is ever to "regain the trust and confidence of the people" it must begin by expelling this…