"I will do all that's needed to fix mess"

Has any Prime Minister being elected - You elect your local MP who forms a group (ie political party) who then elects the prime minister.
If by these standards John Major wasn't elected all parties are guilty.
You people ruin society all blame and moan and dont offer any answer - atleast most other outraged citizens are talking about how to reform other than calling for parliment to be disolved. That does not solve the problem only delays it and shifts the power.

AnonTory

By AnonTory.. Posted May 31 2009 at 10:07 PM.

For the country's sake Go and go now or there will be nothing worth saving. For the record you don't have a mandate to sign the Lisbon Treaty for and on behalf of the British people, this is a decision for the people and I am confident given the opportunity it will be rejected.

By RLH.. Posted May 23 2009 at 9:27 PM.

Brown is in it up to eyes, and there is only one thing to do with him and his poxy goverment, and that is to flush the whole lot down the sewer where they belong.
The way things are going with this goverment, we will soon all be going to hell in a handcart.
Time for a general election.

By Lorna Wanstall.. Posted May 20 2009 at 7:37 AM.

Just my small response to some of the opinions above.

Gideon, the Queen cannot just dissolve Parliament. To do so would breach the most fundamental of the conventions governing our constitution. However badly Brown may be doing, he is certainly more qualified to look after the country until the next election than Her Majesty.

Steve Tea, whilst it is true that many MPs employ relatives, this has the advantages of ensuring loyal assistants, who will commonly work longer hours than they are strictly contracted to work.

Furthermore, many of the above comments say that Brown is unelected or has no mandate. Remember please that he was elected as an MP, and Blair's government was reelected in 2005. The electorate knew at that time that Brown was likely to take over as PM before the next election. His poor performance has undermined this however.

By Joe.. Posted May 19 2009 at 10:16 AM.

Can any person let me know the total cost to the taxpayer for all expenses paid to MPs and EURO MPs for the last 4yrs. I would be very very grateful. Ken

By K B WOODS.. Posted May 18 2009 at 2:45 AM.

Just disolve parliament now and resign, you have never had a mandate and it's getting worse, GO NOW

By steve ferguson.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:41 PM.

The longer you wait to hold an election, the worse it gets - you'll be down below ten per cent if you hang around much longer. With courage, it is possible to lack ability. With ability, you might lack courage. With neither courage nor ability, you are despised. Spare us more of the pious lies, we have had enough from you already. And whatever alternative to a novice it was that you claimed to present, it simply wasn't good enough. Appalled and angered describes our reaction to you, you awful creature.

By tim.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:50 PM.

Gordon Brown seems to be unfairly blamed there has been bad apples on all the main parties, and Brown is the only leader to suspend anyone, the other parties have taken no disciplinary action against anyone. If that is not leadership then what is!!

If Brown walked on the Thames Brown bashers would knock him for not swimming across!!

By john.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:35 PM.

A bit close to the wind yourself Brown.Your unelected and a bully,anything you say I treat with a pinch of salt.

By Roy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:09 PM.

Gordon Brown and the rest of the MPs are so out of touch with real life and how the people feel. Maybe if they were as bothered about the state of our country as much as feathering their own nests, Britain wouldn't be the mess it is now!

By Mrs Springthorpe.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:17 PM.

why are they all blaming the PM thewhole lot are just so greedy I would like them to live on my pension for a week get the largest broom and sweep the commons clean of all the no gooder's get the papers to name all the ones that have not abused the tax payers money then call an election god they make me sick.

By berne.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:03 PM.

All these lame apologies from Prudence McBroon who has hardly learnt the word SORRY. We've had 12 years of hard labour where you have had all the time in the world to make a difference and have done diddly squat. On your bike loser.But call an election now before you are thrown out.

By mrs_spratt.. Posted May 17 2009 at 4:39 PM.

Interest should be added to the total sum taken illegally before this is paid back. Where can tax free loans be obtained by the british tax payer?

By M Green.. Posted May 17 2009 at 4:38 PM.

"I will do all that's needed to fix mess"
Then resign Gordon,resign.

By Tony Blair.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:55 PM.

Even in the photograph above you can see that he is still laughing at us.

By K Collins.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:46 PM.

Please do not forget BLiars efforts in all this. Gord and Tony the two who trashed Great Britain.

By K Collins.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:43 PM.

So the majority of you presume you will be better off under the Tories?
These expenses have been going on for years and never seen the light of day, that is untill this Labour government passed the Freedom of Information Bill.
If the Tories were still in power we would never have been aware of it.
P.s. the Tories also wanted the low paid to be low paid, they voted against the Labour Bill for the low paid.
Multi millionaire Cameron is false.

By gideon.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:38 PM.

I feel the currnet situation demands not immediate
elections but THE QUEEN should dissolve the parliament and take all the control uptil better
and honest officers are elected to the parliament.
It is not the public trust that is in danger but the
set out rules controlling the
perks and privilages for these choosen "SERVANTS OF THE PEOPLE BY THE PEOPLE" which have been
overridden by the fee-paying officer in charge.It is
time,considering the economic climate, top brains
pool the intelligence to lay out out new FREE DUTY
GOODS IN THE PARLIAMENT I remember Mr.Blair's
saying 'EITHER PUT UP OR SHUT UP'.I wonder as
both are not beneficial to the public at large.

By MRBALJEET SINGH.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:25 PM.

All I will say is that it is just too late to apologise, Mr Brown has failed to show strong enough leadership on this matter. MPs have been milking this ridiculous system for too long. Now that they have been caught red handed and many still claim they are doing nothing wrong, well if that's the case why are so many paying back the money? If I was falsely receiving too much through benefits system, would I be allowed to blame the system without being locked up for it?! The police need to be involved to judge whether this is criminal, why should it be any different for MPs?
On the issue of EU elections, I am petrified at the thought of people voting for extremist parties such as BNP. Labour has disillusioned voters and not fixing the problems they have created fast enough, which is how the BNP and such parties can capitalise. It is such a sorry mess, but I fear trust between MPs and their constituents will never be the same. They need to understand just how angry we are...maybe they will realise in a few weeks time.

By Sorry Not Good Enough.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:59 PM.

"with in the rules".....it's the rules that are wrong....all the MP's who claimed these expense allowances for cleaning swimming pools, dog food, biscuits, morgage payments, book cases, TV's, furniture, 2nd homes, these and many, many absurb allowances are not expenses, they are living expenses and we all have to pay for them....they took advantage of the crazy rules to line there own pokets.....so what happens when the MP's sel there second home, do they pay the profits back into the public purse, no they don't, they should do, their all in it for what they can get out of it for themselves, Mr Brown call an election now, we need a big change and we need it now.......

By HKM.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:58 PM.

I'm also voting UKIP. We've given all the other parties TOO MANY CHANCES. We ALL need to vote UKIP. We need a fundamental change in direction. Farrage for what its worth makes you want to believe in Britain again, and the European youtube clips show they really fight for our way. So lets give them the support they deserve. It is certainly time for a simple set of politics, and a no nonsense approach.

By Karl.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:50 PM.

You don't get it all Gord.

The great British public public can sort all this out at an immediate general election.

What is needed if you don't call an immediate election if for a newspaper or nespapers to organise a petition to the Queen to dissolve the Rotten Parliament.

By Peter.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:58 AM.

Please do the right thing and RESIGN!!! Unelected and useless.

By TPR.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:03 PM.

Gordon, stop making delusional promises you never keep in reality! Nobody believes you anymore.

Don't worry dear electors: I'll sort it out! Hah! You never do and you never will if you think a few rule changes will satisfy us.

They won't. We want Speaker Martin out NOW. We want you out NOW. We want the greedy M.Ps deselected NOW. So, we want a General Election NOW!!

Since you just don't get it, perhaps a boot up the backside from we voters might help you.

By Janet.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:02 PM.

I hear the crackling of another flying pig!

By christina galustian.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:05 PM.

well done Gordon. Under your inspired leadership and great wisdom everyone can rest assured our great Parliament will rise from the ashes and be greater than ever.

By len moss.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:13 PM.

Is Brown on another planet? He and his cohorts have been trying to suppress the expenses revelations for months/years. Do he really think that people believe his hypocritical utterances are believed by the electorate.

Clean up this toxic issue by calling an election now for this summer and let the electorate decide which MP's they are prepared to support.

By Richard Calhoun.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:47 PM.

I thought mps exspenses was for renting property in london,not going into the buy and sell market? they should be made to rent only so they dont fill there pockets,they are laughing at us all deslect the lot and jail them.

By victor jackson.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:26 PM.

What a shower this New Labour Party is. The lot of them are crap!
They always want to shut the gate after the horse has bolted. Too late Labour I'm voting UKIP that Nigel Farage has PASSION. Don't take my word for it, watch him on youtube sticking up for the UK.

By SEAN.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:27 PM.

I cannot believe the caustic comments.The Prime minister is an honourable man and deserves better.It reminds me of the school bullies.He is not a showman,I would describe him more like a workaholic An opposition party always has an advantage,i.e. more free time.I would have respected my party more had they endeavoured to work with the present goverment,let`s face it David Cameron did say he would bring an end to "Punch and Judy Politics" at the moment he is playing both Punch and Judy in Primeministers question time.We have a World Wide Crisis. No party spoke out about this beforehand with the "Know All"present attitude.Wisdom comes with age and experience,at 80 years I feel I have both. Might I add at this point that it is a duty of all reporters to give us a balanced report on the political crisis.

By Diana Tate... Posted May 17 2009 at 12:45 PM.

Just like the FSA and the mess he created with economy. His speaker and his rules have shown Brown to be a some who just does not understand what is going on in the REAL WORLD!

By Steve Tea.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:06 PM.

Scrutiny should not stop at expenses - nepotism is just as corrupt. Many MPs employ relatives (within the 'rules') but how many of them are actually performing real work and how many are properly qualified to carry out the work they're alleged to be doing?

What does the Home Secretary's husband actually do to earn his £40,000 p.a? He appears to be researching the porn industry.

Can a 10th stream, barely literate Comprehensive pupil carry out the duties of a Parliamentary researcher?

By G.Doyle.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:11 PM.

If he was brought up to "do the right thing", and "trust, integrity and honesty" are such precious assets to him, how did this guide him in employing the likes of Damian McBride, to falsely slander his opponents?

Let the public have their vote ...

By Larry.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:10 PM.

We need a general election and a vote on EU referendum.

By John.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:56 PM.

And still 20pc of brainless idiots will vote labour. Oh yes they must be the wont work brigade or immigrants

By Howard.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:54 PM.

Well that's all right then. Decisive action by our Great Leader. Populace clamed, democracy restored, foreign leaders once again gagging to be photographed next to Him and to copy His road to joy, prosperity and freedom.

By Peter.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:47 AM.

Out of touch
Out of control
and soon he should be
Out of Office.

Go now.

By dee.. Posted May 17 2009 at 11:29 AM.

he still doesn't get it.
"The bottom line is that any MP who is found to have defied the rules"
this means that the likes of becket,mcnulty smith darling etc etc will not face any action as they complied with the rules.
he is weak and should call a general election

By George Hayday.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:47 AM.

this country has sunk to such a mess that if another country tried to invade us i think at this time i would welcome them with open arms, that is how disilussioned i have become with this place now

By richard bloy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:39 AM.

Dissolve Parliament and hope neither of the big parties will get majorities in the House at the next election. The rot is very deep. Should we not also be looking at those who actually passed the expenses to see who runs them.

There are loads of hotels in London and not necessarily 4 or 5 star, those who live more than 90 mins drive away can stay there those who live under an hour drive home.

SHAME ON YOUR GORDON BROWN

By marion.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:11 AM.

As usual Brown is all mouth and no trousers regarding discipline so the real guilty mps will stay, the police will not prosecute as we are told that mps all worked within the rule book, the only persons that will be able to sack them are the electorate and they had better believe, WE WILL.

By Peter.. Posted May 17 2009 at 10:04 AM.

If you're so concerned about expenses then why did you NOT vote at all on the John Lewis list on 4th July 2008?

If you're so concerned about expenses then why, on Saturday 18th April, did you say that you 'had more important things to deal with than MPs’ expenses'?

If you're so concerned about expenses then why did we only hear from you AFTER Cameron came out and said sorry? You're supposed to be the one in charge!

If you're so concerned about expenses then why does your voting record show that you HAVEN'T voted STRONGLY in favour of a transparent parliament?

If you're so concerned about expenses then why has it taken you 10 days since the scandal broke to give your first major response?

Too little and far far too late. Call an election and let the country have a real leader it deserves.

By Peter Wilson.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:42 AM.

do hope the m.p.s you have suspended are to be suspended without pay......
also come on ALL the labour mp.s. who have read the rules to suit themselves MUST pay it ALL back

By mags.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:44 AM.

I have no faith or trust in this man - he should give in now to public opinion and dissolve parliament, and see what happens. He is too late with this apology - he should have stsarted investigations when jackie smiths expenses were revealed many many weeks ago.

By shirley.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:47 AM.

You must stop treating the electorate like idiots. This is not about people working inside or outside the rules. The problem IS the rules. They stink! They are unethical, unfair and make a mockery of hard working individuals who are genuinely struggling.

Your rules say it is ok to claim over £1,000 for a tv! I don't know anyone who can afford that amount for any item in their home. Its time to get real Gordon Brown. Your m.p.s must be beyond reproach and be accountable for every single penny of tax payers money.

The sheer waste of tax payers money is what is truly scandlous Gordon Brown, when it could have been used to help those in need. This has just proved what many people feel that m.p.s are money grabbing, selfish pigs who are only interested in lining their own pockets and cannot be trusted. You, and your colleagues have created this monster, now you have to deal with it.

By Andrea.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:39 AM.

I can't believe the Tory supporters commenting on here and blaming it all on Brown. Have you gone completely blind and deaf that some of the worst excesses are from mr Cameron's colleagues? We want an election, yes, but not until this mess is sorted out and more to the point not in the middle of a recession. I think sometime between November and June is the best time.

By mac.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:35 AM.

If Brown does not call an election, the Queen should. She has the right, now's the time to use it.

By Tom.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:31 AM.

There will be no restoration of trust in the political system whilst an unelected PM sits in office and destroys our once Great Britain. Pack your bags and get out, Brown. You've run this country in to the ground and we will not take any more. Give us the election we are demanding and let us show you that we will not tolerate you and your party any more.

By Kelly.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:08 AM.

If you are honest and "will do all that's needed" to fix this you'll call an election tomorrow. Even the Queen is disgusted with you and your dishonest trough swilling mates.

If, as we are continuously told there is a majority of decent MP's in Parliament then it is a simple matter to propose a motion to dissolve parliament which would be backed by this honourable majority if they have any integrity, an election can be called and the will of the people prevail. We could have the promised EU Referendum at the same time.

If this doesn't happen then it is self evident that we don't have a majority of honourable MP's.

By Kevin.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:14 AM.

PLEASE


SHUT THE DOOR AFTER YOU

By unkuttdiamond.. Posted May 17 2009 at 9:13 AM.

Gordon, good economy when you took over now decimated, abolition of 10p tax rate,your citizens taxed to death, smeargate, others will think of more and the last, your abysmal handling of the the MP's scandalgate. For goodness sake go!!!

By Rosey.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:25 AM.

"Clean-up of the system" Gordon Brown?

How long have you been Prime Minister?

How long were your Chancellor of the Exchequer?

Were you not aware of the dirty system for these long - oh so long - combined twelve years?

If not, what else were you not aware of, Gordon Brown?

A great deal if the current state of the country's economy is anything to go by.

You are useless. Utterly useless.

Get thee gone, my friend. Like now.

Please, PLEASE, don't add another twelve months to these last agonizing twelve years.

By Matthew Robinson.. Posted May 17 2009 at 8:35 AM.

A pity that the Fees Office(Parliamentary "Tuck Shop")had no control from the hierarchy on how they dished out public funds,in such a willy-nilly manner!

By emtycee.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:55 AM.

This man is a fool and he is treating us all like fools.He states that if "anyone claimed outside the rules" he will take action - of course most claimed within the rules. He still doesn't get it ! The point is they didn't act with integrity - they are self serving and money grabbing, they have no ethics or moral fibre.
People like Jaqui Smith and Hazel blears defy belief
At the Eu Elections don't vote Labour - vote for a fringe party - anybody

By Alfred.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:45 AM.

SMITH and BLEARS are clear candidates we want heads not false promises

By neil.. Posted May 17 2009 at 7:13 AM.

Gordon, get your driver to take you to the Palace and dissolve Parliament, do it now or this situation will deteriorate further.

By Dave.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:38 AM.

I will do all that's needed to fix mess

Call a general election then and while you're at it we'll have an EU referendum at the same time. Oh, that would mean forgoing another years worth of expenses for you and all the other "honourable" members. Unthinkable.

So you won't actually be doing all that's needed.

By Simon.. Posted May 17 2009 at 6:59 AM.

>>>I will do all that's needed to fix mess

Gee Gord, didn't you say that back in 1997? You know, when Labour was elected? And look at the job you've done since then

By Kim.. Posted May 17 2009 at 5:36 AM.

Brown continues to spout spin and waffle.

Joe Public needs a General Election now.

Brown's Labour Party have less credibility than a dead rattlesnake.

By Reuben Camara.. Posted May 17 2009 at 4:26 AM.

Gordon Brown may know the wise saying 'You reap what you sow.' if he didn't before he does now. 'Enough is enough' is another.

By Keith Evans.. Posted May 17 2009 at 4:10 AM.

The key words here are "defied the rules". Most of what I've read doesn't defy the rules, else the claims would have been rejected.

The slackness of the rules will allow The Numpty to get away with not disciplining anyone!

Call an election, NOW.

By Sharon.. Posted May 17 2009 at 3:33 AM.

The system would work just fine if those using it were "honourable", it fails because you and the rest of them are anything but "honourable". Cameron has taken the lead on this, he's making an effort to sort it out so we don't need you. Goodbye and don't let the door hit you on the way out.

By J Smith.. Posted May 17 2009 at 2:54 AM.

well Gordon, see if you have the balls this time to call a general election now, so the we can sort out this problem now, I bet you will not you chicken.

By Guy.. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:04 AM.

Gordon,

If you were any kind of man, you would call an election.

Please just go.

By Steve Green (Daily Referendum).. Posted May 17 2009 at 1:02 AM.

He still can't tell the truth - he is still claiming that 'the political system has let the public down.'
So it's the 'political system's fault' - not fraudulent and greedy MPs - it's the fault of the system that MPs designed and voted for. Just go now, Brown - you are a walking, talking disaster and that's how you and your crew will be remembered.

By Simon.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:46 AM.

Sack Smith Blears and McNulty then

By Max.. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:44 AM.

To little to late. "I was brought up to believe you did the right thing" - well you said it now call a geneal election.

By Peter.. Posted May 16 2009 at 11:55 PM.

Pass the vomit bag Gordon. You have been outclassed, outmanouevered and shown to be lacking in leadership qualities by the 'novice.

"This is no time for a numpty!"

Just go.

By Patrick .. Posted May 17 2009 at 12:06 AM.

To little too late Gordon Brown. The only way to move forward is to call an election, but we all know that will not happen until you have to under law.

No one trusts you or your government.

You only did this article because of David Camerons powerfull video, you were heckled on Friday by voters, and the Labour Party donors have deserted you!!!!!!!

By Chris.. Posted May 16 2009 at 10:39 PM.