And I would add that the majority didn't vote for you, therefore the majority will always have an axe to grind on you. As is being admirably demonstrated during the current crisis.

"What did you do in The Great (coronavirus) War, Daddy?"

"Well, son, I stayed at home receiving 80% of my pay for doing nothing and I moaned constantly about those who were trying to do something about it, regardless of the fact that if I'd had to deal with it, I probably would have sh!t myself under the pressure of such responsibility."

Not the snappiest poster, I grant you!

Palace since 19 August 1972. Palace 1 (Tony Taylor) Liverpool 1 (Emlyn Hughes)

That is why in the examples I gave there was nothing political. Of course people who didn't vote for an MP will always moan but there are certain areas such as how much time an MP spends doing constituency business.

George Osbourne was about to be cited by the Labour Party before he resigned as apparently he had not been seen in his constituency in 1 year. Gorgeous George was far too busy with all the other jobs he had outside of Parliament.

All I am asking for is a basic job description. Just because an MP spends the allotted time doing constituency work it doesn't mean he is any good but it's a start.

Currently if an MP goofs off it is next to impossible to sanction him, who knows if Osbourne would have been sanctioned that is simpley not acceptable in this day and age. After all MPs are dead keen on on league tables for everybody else.

One more point

If you’re looking for positives I’d say 1 death toll is decreasing based on actions taken by the government. 2 nhs capacity has been increased to unprecedented levels ie the nhs has not been overwhelmed 3. People are supported by a never before seen £300bn package.

Of course, things could’ve been better managed but so far I’d say the government have got more right than wrong. What do you think?

Vive le Roy!

What lies about care homes. Starmer quoted half of a letter without including the earlier date of the advice. Is this what you are referring to?
I put a link earlier in the post. Have a watch of it then come to your conclusion. Labour are not exactly doing well in Wales where they have total autonomy so if that was transferred to england we would be totally fecked. Political point scoring works both ways.

Care homes are private for a start. I have sympathy for all the dead and poorly but these places charge a fortune and couldnt get their own reserves of PPE. They must have pandemic procedures and all are saying they knew better but still early doors followed the government advice. A bit like after the horse has bolted and let's find a scapegoat for our cock up. Our death toll is high but bearing in mind we are reporting every death where C19 is mentioned on the death cert,even without a test I'm not surprised. Germany are only reporting hospital deaths on tested people. Do you actually beleive that their deaths are 5 times less than ours. Have they got different ventilators or better doctors?
No they havent at all and italy have underreported big style along with spain and others.
You are trying to blame the government and there may be merit in that but we are a long way from the end of this so judging rights and wrongs atm could leave egg on your face come the final SP. I doubt a public enquiry will happen any time soon if ever. It would serve no purpose now or in the future. All it would do is give people even more of a chance to hammer the government. There are lots of secondary repercussions on the back of this and I for one would prefer that time was spent dealing with those than going over something that no one on the planet had any idea how to deal with initially and potentially still dont, bug wise anyway.

It does seem to me that the old constitutional convention of individual ministerial responsibility
( and of course accountability) has been eroded over the years.

Once upon a time it didn't take a lot for a minister to feel obliged to resign if there was any question mark over their honesty, or apparent culpability for a poor decision on an important issue. It was almost a case of assumed guilty until proved innocent.

These days ministers seem to wriggle and squirm their way out of difficult situations and hang on until the PM decides they have become a liability and tells them their time is up.

This is not a good thing as the old deterrent of losing your post if you were caught being deceitful (lying)or just being downright incompetent, did, I think, encourage greater integrity.