I’ll clean up politics and let Sun readers hold MPs to account.

I CAME into politics because I wanted to change the world.I love this country and, like most British people, I’m proud of the way that we decide things democratically. We've got no big history of extremism in this country because our Parliament - the oldest in the world - has always been a symbol of how we decide things fairly together.
But our democracy has been discredited by the scandals of recent weeks — revelations that have made me furious because it seems some people have been serving themselves and not the public. So I’m determined to do whatever it takes to clean up politics.
I’ve moved quickly to take action, and there is no way that those who have defied the rules will be standing as Labour candidates at the next election.
But every single MP needs to reflect on what recent weeks have taught us — that the public feel bitterly let down by politics and they want politicians to be showing what we are doing to help them.
The first thing is to clean up the system and for MPs to get back to their constituencies and face the public.
But equally important is for my Labour MPs to explain to families and businesses what we are doing to fight back against the global recession.
I was pleased to be able to meet yesterday owners of brand new cars who have been able to take advantage of the Labour Government’s new scrappage scheme for vehicles over ten years old.
Thirty-five thousand have taken up the offer in just a few weeks.
The scrappage scheme is just one example of the things Government can do to give people a helping hand when times are tough.
New help to give homeowners reassurance against the threat of repossession is another.
That is the kind of thing that I and all Labour MPs came into politics for — and we need to make sure that every one of our constituents know what is on offer to help people through these difficult times.
But to restore lasting trust in politics we also need to change the House of Commons so we put the public in control and ensure MPs are closer to the people they represent.
We need new powers at local level, like giving people powers to call to account their local councillors or giving young people more influence on local budgets and services.
Above all, we need changes that will allow Sun readers to better hold us to account as we focus on the big issues that matter to their lives — saving their jobs and houses from the impact of the downturn, investing in good public services and cracking down on crime.
Those are your priorities and my priorities, and this Government’s focus as we build Britain’s future.

linky

After the headline can anyone see where the proposals are for holding MPs to account? I can see the suggestion about councillors needing to be held to account and young people having more influence on budgets (have things got that desperate that you need to try to get the young vote?) but no mention of the one mechanism that allows people to hold their MP to account.

An election.

C'mon Gordon! Do you really think that the scrappage scheme is going to divert our collective anger against MPs who have been using the expense system to line their pockets at our expense?