The Speaker of the House of Commons to step down

[Adrian II]

I think the reaction will be that the electorate will show Westminster real good by electing some useless plonkers to the European parliament next month. That'll show 'em real good and all that.

You mean with Britain needing the EU more than ever because of the present economic crisis, they are going to send yet more illiterate isolationists to Brussels? In view of the record that sounds plausible.

Of course, that won't be the end of it. The difference in reaction between this scandal and previous ones in recent years, shows that the old adage about British democracy still holds true: You can take away a Britons pride and freedom. But you can't touch his money.

Now that is ungrateful. The Brits have subsidised undeserving French farmers for decades. It just hurts their pride to subsidise their own non-valeurs instead of just yours. As a Dutchman I am perfectly willing to keep financing the lot of you, since that seems to have been our main job in this bloody union all along. In exchange for that, would you guys please behave like grown-ups for a change?

Btw I voted for Vince Cable because that's a kewl name. I don't know any of those losers. Anyway, can I claim a toilet seat now? Or a barrel of horse manure?