This is part of a series of eighteen questions from The Democracy Club asked of the Isle of Wight candidates in the 2010 General Election (background).
National statement ten: In general, politicians in Britain are honest.
| Candidate | Position | Comment | |
| Ian Dunsire (English Democrats Party) | strongly disagrees | “Too many have been influenced by personal and party gain. I am coming out of a happy retirement to fight this and other causes!” | |
| Bob Keats (Green Party) | is neutral | “MPs followed the trend for self interest when they should have challenged it.” | |
| Pete Harris (Independent) | strongly disagrees | “Look at the state of the country!” | |
| Paul Martin (Middle England Party) | disagrees | “We must stop voting for Politicians and put in place men and women of moral substance who really do represent the people. Its called Democracy!” | |
| Paul David Randle-Jolliffe (Independent) | strongly disagrees | “The levels of dishonesty go far deeper than most realise, for this reason I would start by either not accepting or by giving to the Island 50% of my salery if elected as an example to others.” | |
| Mark Chiverton (Labour Party) | agrees | “I believe that the majority are although there are clearly proven outrageous examples where this is not so. There needs to be much tighter regulation and clearly understood rules to ensure better standards.” | |
| Michael Tarrant (UK Independence Party – UKIP) | strongly disagrees | “They have been shown not to be honest. Election pledges by all the three corrupt main parties have been broken. The public have been treated like idiots and lied to.” | |
| Jill Wareham (Liberal Democrats) | agrees |
Those who didn’t provide responses: Andrew Turner – Conservative, Geof Clynch – BNP and Edward Corby – Independent
The idea for this whole idea came from the excellent The Democracy Club and answers are hosted by the splendid
Election issue of TheyWorkForYou.
Image: Julian Stallabrass under CC BY 2.0
