I must be thick, I cannot under stand that Tony Blair did not know what was going on under his own roof when he was the one giving the peerages,the bus must stop with him in
the end

R Howard, Bucks, England

This ia a Joke..The CPS will make a decision on who is to be charged, but the attorney-general has the right to overrule any decision. It's a joke Goldsmith should not have any involvment in this matter, moreover the CPS should not be allowed to have the final say in such matters whereby they are dealing with cases that relate to their masters ... The UK is now a total Joke. If you or I did this there would be no delay on the part of the CPS, and would would have been jailed.

mark clarke, nottingham,

Sorry, Fay from Florida, but it is not the Police that politicians want "dissolve", it is the Press, like the chaps who brought down that crook Nixon, and the reporters who pursued Jeffrey Archer and Jonathan Aitken (Why are they on our TV screens? Role models?) into court and into jail. Harold Macmillan tried with the Vassall Tribunal, which pilloried the Press. But Regianld Foster and Brendan Mulholland went to jail rather than reveal their sources. They were crime reporters. Their sources were not Church of England vicars,and after they had done their time every copper knew that he could safely give tip offs to the Fourth Estate without endangering his livelihood or his pension. This was the kick-off for Politicians v. The Press, and Supermac had to know that Christine Keeler had not slept with another Tory politician, which she confirmed, before calling in Lord Denning and his whitewash brush. Sadly, the result of all this political skulduggery will be voters not voting.

peter kinsley, london, england

I'm not bored with the saga. I look expectantly for the government's attorney-general to step in and declare any further investigations or prosecutions as "against the national interest" or "a threat to national security". That is what he does, isn't it? That is what Tony Blair keeps him for, isn't it?

E M Sedgwick, Eastleigh, Hampshire

It is very hard to believe, when one sees what is happening all around us, in every walk of life, that this is the country about which Milton once said:

"Let not England forget her precedence of teaching nations how to live"

It appears that what we have now is the case that the "Lions" are being led by "donkeys"! It is nearly impossible to think of anyone whose integrity can be taken for granted?

Anil, London,

I agree with all the comments. Mr Northcroft's in particular, emphasising the effects on British governance of the EU and our closer European ties, is depressing but irrefutable.
Never has a British administration done so much damage to our political structures and morality in so short a time!
Every day we seem to face blitzkrieg, undiscussed, decisions: government by ukaze! Such for example as the abolition of the Privy Council!
And the country is encouraged by the Government to talk and worry about nothing but climate change!
The real sadness is that if our governance is corrupt, incompetent and rotten, we have to ask ourselves if it is all only a reflection of modern Britain .

Robert Sebag-Montefiore, Geneva, Switzerland

The best way to kill president Tony's control of Westminster, as the national parliament, is the deliberate break up of the current political union which no longer gives much benefit to any of its constituent parts.

Scotland would be appear to be creeping ever closer to the brink and the Northern Ireland compromise will not last for ever.

We still be the United Kingdom - as long as the Scots did not invite a Stewart to take up the throne - but not in political union.

The political equivalent of Thatcher's attack on the Unions in th 1980's and for the same reasons - corruption, self seeking and damaging the country

Peter Thomson, KIRKCUDBRIGHT, Scotland

The vast majority of the public are absolutely bored with this saga! The only interested party is the Fourth Estate. The SNP M.P. who had the cheek to start the ball rolling is even fed up with the media attention, although here in Scotland it has undoubtedly provided his party with good publicity before the Scottish Parliament Elections! Blair is going, so who cares! Nothing will change. The two main political parties will continue to tout around for donations for Honours! The S.T. seems to think it is on the brink of another Watergate? Somehow I doubt it? Irrespective of the recent introuduction of Freedom of Information legislation, the U.K. has still some of the the most secretive State apparatus in the world.
Lachie Todd.

Lachie Todd, Edinb urgh, Scotland, U.K.

"Those who have seen some of the documents that form the central focus of the investigation say they are surprised at the apparent naivety of those who wrote them. “I think people were surprised that anyone would be so stupid as to put those sorts of things in writing,” the source said. "

I think this paragraph just about sums up the fools who have in the past ten have made such a mess of running this country.

Another nail in the coffen, if in deed another were needed!

D Case, Newquay, UK

THe comments from the "former colonies" on this story re-inforce what will become the Blair Legacy. He has brought the ofifce of Prime Minister ,and the government into such disrepute that people now automatically assume politicians - especially on the government side - are duplicitious, self interested and untrustworthy. In such an atmosphere it is almost impossilbe to carry the populace,, crime or be it on war or climate, as nothing they say is credible.

George Edwards, harrogate, UK

I agree with you Bob, but would also like to add that the closer the UK has aligned itself to Europe the more corrupt we have become. Corruption in the European political system is an entirely normal and acceptable way of conducting public life. It is no surprise that an entire generation has disengaged from the political system, only 21% of the Britsh public voted for this government at the last election. What is most sick about all of this are the double standards - the British public constantly being lectured about what is morally acceptable and how to think by this morally bankrupt government. No one beleives a single word they say anymore. They are a disgrace.

Henry Northcroft, London, UK

It is doubtful if even Tony Blair could achieve the sinking of the political ethics in the UK to those of the USA as the previous writer suggests. The cash for honours affair pales into insignificance when compared to Blair's supine duplicity with George W. Bush on the Iraq War. At least nobody has died getting a dubious honour. And ironically, the one successful prosecution this week is that of Vice President's ex Chief of staff, Libby. We need no lessons on political morals from the USA.

R A Connell, Guildford, England

I would not be at all surprised , if the government rushed a bill through disolving the Police

Fay, panama city, Florida ,USA

Ah, we in colonies are pleased to see political ethics in U.K. sinking to the level of those we now have in America. I wonder how many in U.K. realize the coincidence of the plunge in political morality beginning in 1997; a time when Bill Clinton sent his political strategist to England to advise if not direct the Blair campaign that resulted in a historic Labour victory. Sadly, today the influence of that Clinton political philosophy remains ingrained in Labour tactics and strategy.

Bob Evans, Anaheim, California