Liam Fox Debacle.

Does the on going debacle over Liam Fox not raise a fundamental issue that if anybody no matter which party they stand for or no matter what their previous job was, be it in the financial, or military or as a barrister or lawyer that they give up all connections with their previous occupation, then they can devote all their time to the people of their constituency that elect them. The job as an MP must be even more difficult if you are given a ministerial position. There are only so many hours in the day, but more importantly it will stop what is occurring to Liam Fox from happening. If you stand for parliament one has to presume that you do it because you basically want to help the people of the country, surely that is your first requirement. If you can't give your previous occupation up and devote yourself fully to being an MP then don't stand for parliament. But who do we believe when we hear MP's complaining that they are over worked or under stress,or that they deserve more money because of the job they are doing,  how many complain that in the city they were earning three or four times the salary they receive as an MP. How sad, they chose to be an MP its not compulsory. They know what the salary was before they stood as prospective MP. Or is it that these MP's accept the job so that they can further their financial interests or business connections, doing something for the community or the country is the furthest thing from their minds. As the expenses fiasco proved. Self before country in many cases but not all. Perhaps the qualification for future MP's is just that country not self comes first, then lets see how many would stand. That also applies to those MP's who write in our papers putting over their views, but when they are questioned by the likes of Jeremy Paxman they fail to answer his questions by dodging the issue. We have the likes of Louise Mensch MP who put her point of view about other things wanting social networking during the recent riots shutting down but when she was one asked whether she had taken hard drugs at university she couldn't quite remember. I'm sure that most people who have taken drugs in their younger days could remember, but isn't it strange how people like her suddenly have amnesia, but they are quite lucid when they want to put over their point of view no matter how long ago it was formulated.