Gordon Brown - Missing The Point. Again

Gordon Brown has apologised for the scandal around expenses:

"I want to apologise on behalf of politicians on behalf of all parties for what has happened in the events of the last few days."

First things first, it isn't the events of the past few days that are the problem. Rather, it is the months and years where MPs have been rinsing the public purse that is the real problem. Gordon - and his odious colleagues - should be apologising for that. What has happened over the past few days is actually a good thing - people are seeing just how corrupt, greedy and fraudulent MPs are. The anger we are seeing from the public over the past few days is a good thing; that anger may lead to things actually changing. 

Brown should apologise for what he has done, and leave other MPs to apologise for their flaws. Except that isn't going to happen - as Letters From A Tory so ably demonstrates, evasion, blame-showering and self-pitying justification are the order of the day from politicians. Sorry really does seem to be the hardest word for them.

I'd like everyone of those MPs who have exploited the system to apologise. Then I'd like them to resign from Parliament, so we can all elect people to Parliament who aren't motivated by greed. I'm not going to be satisfied until that happens. So Gordon's apology is too little, too late.