Unelected Ministers and democracy

How come Mandleson is a minister? How can it be that a man who lost his job in government twice due to a inappropriate actions, is now called 'Lord' and when our Prime Minister is on holiday, is acting PM?

Why is it possible that we can have members of the government who have never been elected?They don't represent anybody except themselves. They can't lose their seat.

Unelected, unaccountable, un bloody believable.

Have we got the government we deserve?

In which case what have we done to deserve him?

A good way to ruin the House of Lords, fill it with appointees who are truly unfit to govern.

Needless and terrible loss of life

Once or twice in the past few weeks when I've listened to the amazing courage and pride of Christina Schmid, widow of Olaf Schmid, when she has been talking about the death of her husband, I have found myself almost in tears. It's listening to her quiet fortitude, and the overwhelming feeling of impotence to do anything about this terrible war which have been dragged into by our government.

We got taken into a war we didn't want by a Government who I think were less than genuine about the motives for the war, and like all those in power, don't actually have to personally face the consequences of it.

If we're so bloody clever, then how come we ended up starting the violence? Who were we protecting, and who are we now protecting?