Too many expenses... not enough women

Well, I'm currently revising for exams... two weeks from now and I'll never have to sit another exam in my life!!!

In the meantime I'm very much looking forward to meeting with the Downing Street Project and the WOLF network who are trying to get more women into the UK Parliament and look at more effective ways of doing politics. This is the perfect moment for organisations such as these to take the initiative given the current expenses crisis in Westminster. I'm so bored of reading about it every day. We know there's a problem, so can we please move on and work out how to solve it?

It also makes me angry that the crisis has overshadowed the hard work of Joanna Lumley to get justice for the Gurkhas. She showed the politicians how to really get things done, it was a real demonstration of what celebrities can do with their fame and fortune. Instead it was hidden on page 10 of the Telegraph behind more photos of MPs who have abused their power and privilege.

The media attention given to expenses has also served to taint the MPs who don't sponge off the taxpayer. I have been interning for Emily Thornberry who uses a substantial amount of her salary to finance her constituency office where staff work tirelessly to resolve the problems of her constituents. I was pleased this article from the Guardian got the truth out there.

Hey ho, back to revision.