Voters more concerned about straight answers than crooked expenses…
Here’s one I missed from last week… Research from Royal Holloway College, University of London have discovered that the public in Britain at least are more concerned with politicians giving them a straight answer than the expenses row… Lots of good stuff to chew over… But these stats seem to me to be worth noting:
Table 2: Perceptions of the honesty and trustworthiness of different elite groupsCategory Mean score (on a scale of 0–10)
* Government ministers 3.1
* Journalists 3.1
* MPs in general 3.3
* Local councillors 3.8
* Your local MP 4.4
* Judges 5.9
The closer a politician is to you personally the more you trust him/her. Even if you distrust politicians in generality. More good stuff here.
my votes,
ministers – 4.5
Journalists – 2.3
MPs in general – 5.2
Local Cllrs. – 5.5
Local MP – 1.1
judges – 6.5
ok my MP is a shinner lol, and think the media (mainly papers) can do a whole lot better. I think politicians are some of most honest people we have, mainly because the rest of us arent much better if put under the same scrutiny.