Now is not a good time to be an MP. So far, 45 Labour, 36 Conservative, 10 Liberal Democrat and seven other members of the esteemed Houses of Parliament have made "questionable" expenses claims.

It has left the electorate outraged. Wherever I have gone, wherever I have stood, even for a moment, people have come up to me to ask me what I think about it, and tell me how angry they are about all of this.

So, against this great tide of public outrage, would MPs dare to justify what to everyone else obviously appears to be blatant pilfering?

Well, apparently yes; they believe they are not paid enough! King Canute is alive and well and sitting in the Houses of Parliament!

MPs appear to be hopelessly out of touch with their constituents; we are also questioning their honesty and motivation.

If this is what MPs' are managing to do over the little things, how can we then trust them not to fall into temptation over the bigger things; the recent billion pound bailouts of the banks, for example, or in the allure of massive profits in sending our troops into wars that we remain unconvinced about.

In the grips of a recession, there is much justified anger about the behaviour of MPs.

People are disillusioned. Many people are tearing up their voting cards in protest.

This is not good. This is, in fact, dangerous. We are staring into the abyss.

Today, May 19th, is the deadline to register to vote in the upcoming local and European elections on June 4th.

If people refuse to register to vote, it will give the loyal supporters of the smaller, single agenda parties, like the BNP, the chance to have a much bigger say on what Europe and our local politicians do.

I believe in democracy. Everyone, every individual, has the right to stand for election. I support that right, for everyone, whether I agree with their views or not.

But, just because we have become disillusioned with our current crop of politicians does not mean that we allow our politics to fall prey to would-be politicians who are nothing more than wolves standing in sheep's clothing.

Thugs in suits. Who have no interest in serving our nation, but seek instead to sow the seeds of hate and division.

I share the anger against our MPs. Their behaviour has been deeply disappointing, especially when the rest of us are trying to save and account for every penny.

But in our anger, we must not be tempted to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Not all our MPs are crooked. The 100 or so MPs who have brought shame on their colleagues, amount to less than 1 in 6 of the over 600 MPs in the Houses of Parliament.

We must keep a sense of perspective.

There are many good people representing their constituents. We must get rid of the bad apples.

The BNP is throwing all the resources it has into fighting this round of European and local elections.

The rewards for it could be huge.

The United Kingdom stands to lose everything that has made us great and united.