It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
People have become disillusioned with Parliament, and that threatens democracy.
I am totally in favour of reform - but it must be reform that changes the nature of British politics, not simply the makeup or operation of parliament.
Changes to parliamentary procedure won't transform the lives of the people whom I represent. Decentralising, devolving decision-making and renewing civil society will.
There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums.
We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy.
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
The British political system and the whole clapped out Westminster architecture, and the language that we use about politics, it's completely unsustainable. You either decide to be part of that transition to do something different. Or you cling to old certainties.
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it.
Radicalism is as British as tea and cakes, as much a part of our make-up as monarchy and football. It will never have its own jubilees, palaces or honours system.