Human rights Quote by David Craig

Members of the public would be forgiven for thinking that it is MPs who are lazy and that it is parliament that is failing…

— Margaret Hodge

“Thanks to Blair’s catastrophically invertebrate decision to agree to a cut in Britain’s EU budget rebate, we now pay far too much into the…

— David Craig

When it comes to reforming MPs' expenses, the answer is simply to keep it simple: show us receipts as they're claimed and, where there…

— Heather Brooke

What is Parliament for if it is not to be a means to make ministers accountable for the services for which they are responsible.

— Michael Howard

“I make certain remarks here and there against the elephantine and unproductive organization known as the EU. I mean them. If ever an organization…

— Nicholas Storey

It is national parliaments, which are, and will remain, the true source of real democratic legitimacy and accountability in the EU.

— David Cameron

MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job.

— Gina Miller

I understand the damage the expenses crisis has done to Parliament, and the paramount importance of restoring trust in our politics.

— George Osborne

Parliament has become so undermined it is almost unable to do the job that people expect of it. A glaring example is the budget…

— Sheila Fraser

Parliaments are the great lie of our time.

— Konstantin Pobedonostsev

I'm suggesting that the prohibition on people who survive on money coming from government, that includes pensioners and public servants, standing for Parliament -…

— Bob Brown

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation...

— Thomas Sowell