An Ipsos MORI poll has found that only 49% of politicians trust that their fellow politicians tell the truth.

This figure is optimistically high however, compared to the percentage of the general public who believe politicians – just 18% on last years MORI figures.

Apparently a staggeringly high number of politicians,18% of them, still trust bankers, and this obviously includes the dopey ones who gave the totally untrustworthy Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) £45 billion of taxpayers money six years ago, to see it all lost in excessive salaries, bonuses and fines for dishonest dealings with its customers.

Whoever said that politicians and nappies should, for the same reason, be changed often had it about right.