We are hapless victims of political class

Regarding Lou Gogan’s letter (Apr 2), it is salutary to see how politics has always tended to attract people who are hell-bent on milking the State and who, too readily, succumb to dodgy deals aimed at improving their lot at the expense of the citizens.

Around 500 BC the Greeks, who were the inventors of democracy, became disillusioned with the quality of their leaders; their main contention was that they were not really concerned with truth but with their own self-interest, exploiting the resources of the State for their personal advantage.

The philosophers identified the problem.