Rachel Sylvester’s essential Times column describes the ‘Court of Public Opinion’ as a lynch mob that must be placated by MPs embracing the Kelly Review. She writes:
‘The real problem about expenses is that they have made it harder for politicians to show leadership about the things that matter far more. The verdict of the court of public opinion is too harsh on many MPs. But unless they accept it, serve the sentence and move on, they will never be able to convince the voters to listen to them on anything else.’
Even if MPs accept the Kelly Review in its entirety, grovel, flagellate and repent, the Court of Public Opinion’s desire to impose a Bloody Code on Westminster will not be assuaged. Slyvester quotes one MP who acknowledges this fact:
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