The Tories have video footage of the police raid on Green's office 

TomTom

So the Met can now scan constituents' mail into their computers and copy his hard drives. This is building a case for the Permanent Secretary at the Home Office to appear before The Commons and be removed from office.

It shows why the Met must be brought under democratic accountability and why Constituents should have their confidentiality respected. No doubt they will now be in the Police Database ready for fingerprinting and DNA filing.

The Home Secretary should be resigning

richardj

Any memebers of this government resigning - some sense of humour!

Andy Leeds

It shows why Sir Ian Blair was unfit to hold the office of Commissioner. Boris was right to withdraw support from this New-Labour clone.

It also shows that the Speaker has a lot of explaining to do. He too is not fit to hold his office.

mitch

ot but...The UK and Italy struggled to sell bonds on Thursday in a fresh sign of the difficulties governments are facing because of the debt needed for economic stimulus packages and bank recapitalisations.

odd nobody wants to lend our wonderful government any money.

George Laird

Dear All

If there was ever a reason why Michael Martin has to go and go now, this is it.

There must be a walkout led by the Tories at the next PMQ.

There must be a public inquiry and Parliament must exercise sovereignty again.

This is beyond doubt evidence of a theme I highlight in Scottish newspapers of a corrupt society.

Britain has been turned into a Police State by New Labour.

Action now.

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

David Lindsay

Let some good come of the Police’s contempt of Parliament, although of course the arresting officers and those who authorised them will have to be imprisoned for a time.

Let the Official Secrets Acts be repealed.

And let the Police concentrate on arresting those sitting or former MPs who are war criminals.

Michael Booth

What has happened to Damien Green is an absolute disgrace. How low has Parliament sunk? In 1642 the Speaker refused to do the king's bidding and stood by the authority of the House - in 2008 the Speaker rolls over. Yep, we have come a long way don't you think? We don't just need to get rid of New Labour and all its pernicious doings - we need a root and branch reform (and drastic limitation) of the executive's powers and a resurgence in the authority of our elected representatives. In fact, we need a restorative dose of DEMOCRACY!

Marian C

Michael Booth, George Laird; Here here, well said to both of you

Len Burch

Mic Booth is right, we do need to get rid of New Labour. But the problem is that the only alternative (as we are mentally induced to think) is no better, and probably worse.

And that lack of any real political alternative results from less-sensible people having the induced notion of never "wasting" their vote, and who do thereby go and waste their vote - by voting negatively to keep someone out, or according to declared "possibilities" rather than their actual "preference" - and irrespective of declared "expectations" and predetermining "possibilities".

We have a situation where what are the predetermined and presumed results have become the determiners of themselves, of how folk vote.

Pre-decided results, now largely predetermine themselves - as votes follow declarations rather than vice-versa.

Michael Booth

Thanks Marian, thanks Len. Perhaps the time has come for the British people to be consulted about the structure and form of the very constitution they live under. Don't know about anyone else, but I am in favour of open and transparent government, an accountable executive with limited powers and a system of checks and balances which prevents hasty, ill-thought out and dangerous legislation being rushed through Parliament. I'm also in favour of a self-denying ordinance which prevents career politicians clinging to office because they have no real outside career to fall back on - anyone read Peter Oborne's 'The Triumph of the Political Class'? Have a look, it's eye-opening.