No rush for by-election say pundits

By Talking Heads on May 28, 09 09:03 AM in

Westminster MPs scandalously milking lucrative expenses, the House of Commons Speaker forced out and the Government arm twisted by Joanna Lumley to let gallant Gurka soldiers live in Britain.

Is it any wonder Tory leader David Cameron is demanding an immediate General Election to clear the air of a stinking smell of sleaze polluting Parliament in London? Prime Minister Gordon Brown said such an election would lead to chaos particularly if the Tories won. But would a General Election really be the disinfectant to sanitise Westminister? We asked people in Glasgow if they wanted an election now expecting a tumultuous "Yes".

Instead I got a resounding "No".

Craig Mackay, 26, a credit controller, from Barmulloch, said: "Gordon Brown should call a General Election to clear himself of any wrong doing.

"The country deserves answers for the expenses scandal and those MPs guilty of illegality should be sacked."

Derek Little, 57, a project manager from Paisley, said: "No. I don't want an election simply because this expenses mess needs to be fixed first. It wouldn't have mattered what party was in power - this mess would have occurred anyway. Let MPs clean it up first."

Jasbir Virhia, 49, also a project manager from the south side, said: "The public want to get to the root cause of the expenses scandals before they can think about voting for the next UK government. "Things are in too much of a flux for people to think clearly in an election. The more you dig the more you find in the expenses mess."

Mother of six Margaret Fitzgerald, 53, a primary school teacher from Cumbernauld, said: "We should not be pressurised into an election by the media. "I think MPs have to sort this mess out themselves. They're all in it together. "An election should only be called when it's due and when this mess has been cleared up."

George Logan, 55, a shipping clerk from the city centre, said: "Personally I think we should wait until this entire expenses business has been settled. Most of the MPs have been caught with their fingers in the till. "This mess would have put many people off voting so people need a lot more time to decide if they even want to vote in the next election."

Graeme Lawson, 49, a shipping clerk from Clarkston, said: "It would be wrong to jump into an election now. "I'm not impressed with how MPs have behaved but time should be given for them to investigate the matter and clear it up. "Then the public will be fully informed about how MPs have behaved...and that may influence how the public will vote in future."