Contirbutes to the idea of increasing the integrity of politics and politicians, and exposes abject hypocrisy and power-seeking opportunism
I think it's right to focus on politicans' honesty. Which is why it should be an offence for a party that has members that are placed in positions of power in Government to u-turn on pledges they made when seeking office in an election. For example, Liberal Democrats campaigned against a rise in VAT – and then decided the complete opposite as soon as they were in power, when it is too late for any ordinary people to do anything about this change of policy.