No excuses for MPs

LIKE most people, I’m sick of reading the litany of excuses politicians come up with for bad behaviour in the Mother of Parliaments.

I’d like to propose a simple solution. When you or I sign up for a job, we have a contract of employment and are asked to abide by some basic rules. MPs should do the same.

Most of us have spent our working lives understanding that certain behaviour will get you sacked — and rightly so. So tell MPs, who are paid by us, to agree to: No alcohol or drugs. No sexist or racist jokes. No stealing, which includes cheating on expenses. No surfing on your mobile when you’re supposed to be working. No porn. No snogging in the photocopier room.

Not exactly complicated, is it? And if any MP whines about long hours and stress, tell them to do a shift in a care home or A&E.

LINDA HARDY, Matlock, Derbys.