Why I think this Labour Government is corrupt

I have come to this conclusion over the past couple of years as the government has gone from bad to worse to appalling. The abuse of power that had become widespread in the Tory government after 18 years in power has gripped Labour in a deeper way at a much quicker pace. I also believe it is more malign as it extends to deliberate corruption of our political system.

We had the Mandy affair(s), the Formula1 scandal, the linking of donations to contracts in immunisation, steel, the petty abuse of power (a la Blunkett) more obvious abuses (massive increases in government expenditure on "advisors", the hounding out of civil servants who do not want to be Labour PR stooges and the general polticisation of the civil service) and the constant providing of jobs to Labour members/donors (say, Chairman AND the DG of the BBC - even if that did backfire on them), the abuse of the so-called Freedom of Information Act now being used as a Labour campaigning tool (see earlier this year the 'Black Monday' papers and the "accidental" sending of info to the BBC). The "testing" of questions on the European Constitution by government paid pollsters to see which question generated the more favourable response (we know this because the question has been asked and the government has refused to answer it - thats another example of the freedom of information bit by the way).

The most recent example to surface in the mainstream media is the use of Postal ballots.

In Britain, throughout modern times, we have never questioned the integity of our elections. The ability for the people of this country to trust the results as "free and fair" is of such extraordinary value that no party should do anything that would put this at risk.

No so Labour.

Clearly aware that the greater the turnout the greater the number of votes it gets, the Labour government has cast aside all warnings from the Electoral Matters Panel, its own advisors, its civil servants and commentators far and wide. It has pressed ahead with Postal Ballots and we are now in this country on the receiving end of several scandals nearly all of which involve Labour party activists forging votes. Despite this, the party presses ahead.

This is the same party that continues to on the one hand allow mass immigration on a scale that it knows will help it politically while on the other hand "talking tough" to appease a distrustful populace.

Let there be no doubt, if Labour ever thought it might lose, it would introduce PR. Mitterand (that bastion of virtue and integrity) did the same when he was alive and well and in the Elysees. The thought that changing the system by which we choose our government should be one of the most serious and sombre decisions that any political class could make would not enter their heads. Remember, this is the lot that "reformed" the House of Lords on the back of an envelope.