As the expense scandal rocks the parliament in Westminster, I myself am astonished at anyone being taken by surprise by it. It is a well known fact that this is going on in any parliament in the world (don’t point your fingers wherever you are, but take a closer look at your own conmen), so why pretend to be shocked?

The house of lords is the undemocratic second chamber of the British parliament but has little real power, theses are the arguments for and against reform of the chamber.

This is my attempt to counter the idea that Members of Parliament just sit around wasting time.