Nothing new!

Simon Heffer in yesterday's Telegraph quoted some relevant words from Oliver Cromwell. As the Rump parliament dithered and delayed settling the country after the second civil war, his blood boiled.

"It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonoured by your contempt for all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice: ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage....gold is your god; which of you have not bartered your conscience for bribes?....Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; ye were deputed here by the people to get grievances redressed... In the name of God, go!"

There are many honourable MPs, but clearly there are many who are greedy and venal, led by a Speaker who is like them and a Prime Minister who dithers. Cromwell would say, "Go!"Some ought top go immediately, others will get their comeuppance when an election is called. Let it be soon.