Okay, so there was this purple-cornflour-in-a-condom incident during PMQs on Wednesday. Labour peer Baroness Golding auctioned off two of her allocated VIP tickets to charity, and two bozos went to parliament to behave like children. Golding speaks in the House of Lords all apologetic like. We have the usual “hear, hear”s and all is well again. Except it isn’t.

Firstly, allocated tickets are supposed to be given to people that can be vouched for. This means “to give personal assurances; give a guarantee”. How can this be done if one hands out tickets willy-nilly? Why wasn’t Golding suspended? Although, in my opinion, that should have been the least of the punishments to be considered. It’s inexcusable. But, maybe the terms of use of the tickets are too vague or lax?

Following any kind of chemical attack, parliament is supposed to then go into lockdown to prevent spread of any potential contamination. Instead, we got MPs ambling around, having a giggle — yes even our esteemed Prime Minister — or scarpering. This is ridiculous behaviour and further proves to me that politics has become the employment of choice for incompetents. Add to this the laxity of political policies and procedures and you have one huge mess of a parliament.