Muammar Al Khadafi

Dismal David Cameron has managed to invoke yet another storm of outrage by condemning absent fathers, saying that "It's high time runaway dads were stigmatised, and the full force of shame was heaped upon them. They should be looked at like drink-drivers, people who are beyond the pale".

His timing, picking fathers day to make his comments, exhibits the usual tact and diplomacy with which politicians are usually associated, at least unless it comes to minority groups in which case they'll never say a word.

Not a word about absent mothers of course, or a system which stacks every obstacle in the way of fathers.

What about runaway politicians though?

They could rightly be looked upon as the fathers of the nation, those who are supposed to be looking out for the interests of the country which they were elected to serve. Guardians if you will.

What about those who just rake in the benefits from being an MP, max out the expenses claims, and never bother to do a thing unless forced?

Or all those, among them many in the coalition cabinet, who have no eyes at all for their own country, and instead let us fall into the abyss whilst they spend all their time - and our money - trying to right the wrongs of the entire world?

What we have in the UK, and have had for years, is a succession of runaway politicians, politicians who are only politicians when it suits them.

Many are no different than the case of absent father and convicted drug dealer Asim Parris, who suddenly took an interest in his child when it was convenient because it won him the right to stay in the UK under human rights law.

How different are our runaway politicians?

They spend four or five years making a mess of everything, ignoring the wishes of the electorate, and doing whatever they want. When do they bother asking you what want, or promising you anything (even though they seldom keep those promises)?

When it's convenient, aka when they want your vote. The rest of the time, their every action shows that they don't give a damn, they've turned their back on us all.

It's self, self, self, you don't matter unless it suits.

It's high time runaway politicians were stigmatised, and the full force of shame was heaped upon them. They should be looked at like drink-drivers, people who are beyond the pale.