On the out

John Taylor, the Conservative peer, is out of prison (this blog refuses to use his title; he is a criminal) although having to wear an electronic tag. He now proposes to go back into the House of Lords and claim his daily stipend.

Mercy.

I agree that when someone has served his punishment that should be the end of it but such a doctrine shouldn't apply to people making laws over us. The man is a fraudster. He fraudulently claimed expenses he wasn't entitled to, which we, the people, paid.

This system really does need shaking up. He comes out of the nick, expects to be called by the same word we give to the Almighty in Church, and helps make the law of the land.

And they wonder why people have no respect for our institutions.