Keep Smiling

Last Thursday's post on the Conservatives was very timely, given the revelations in a Sunday newspaper that Tory treasurer Peter Cruddas was secretly filmed allegedly offering access to David Cameron and George Osborne in exchange for a donation of £250,000 a year.

The Conservatives truly can do no right.

And earlier this month one of their own, Tory MP Nadine Dorries, told the Financial Times: "The problem is that policy is being run by two public-school boys [Cameron and Osborne] who don’t know what it’s like to go to the supermarket and have to put things back on the shelves because they can’t afford it for their children’s lunchboxes. What’s worse, they don’t care either."

Ouch.

How did we get into this mess?

But before considering giving Tory MP Dorries a slap on the back, remember that she proposed moves last year to make it harder for British women to have an abortion, by stopping abortion charities from offering counselling to women.

Dorries has also voted moderately against the gays getting equal rights.

Is there anyone we can trust?

Well, it seems that the public's faith in Labour is being restored: in a poll by ComRes for the Independent, Labour are 10 points ahead of the Conservatives, who, according to the same survey, two-thirds of people believe are the "party of the rich."

At least someone will be smiling...