Help, my neighbour's house is on fire - what do I do?

Members of Parliament believe the people who voted them in power are too stupid to make a decision on the country's EU membership.

That's the conclusion drawn from a debate which saw 81 Tory MPs vote against David Cameron's plans to NOT give the public a say on whether Britain should remain in the EU.

The European Union is currently in a state of disarray with many countries requiring a credit bail out as the financial crisis deepens.

Cameron claims “if your neighbour's house is on fire, you should help them put it out.”

Euro sceptics say “if your neighbour's on fire you should get as far away as possible.”

Instead, I believe that whatever you do, you should consult with whoever else lives in your property first, not just make a decision and expect everyone to stick with it.

Both the Conservatives and Labour believe we should continue receiving orders and laws from the collapsing European Union and that they shouldn't give the public ANY say on the matter.

The first recorded democracy occurred in ancient Athens, where people did not elect representatives to vote on their behalf but instead voted on legislation and executive bills themselves.

In fact the very word democracy actually came from the words demos kratos, meaning people power.

Surely in a democracy citizens of a country should be able to have their say on as many laws and regulations as possible, let alone choose the people who they are governed by.

A survey suggests that 70% of the British public want a referendum on whether we should remain in a crumbling European Union.

If MPs are representing their public, as to which they are duty bound, then what's wrong with letting them have their say on one of the most controversial Government decisions in the past generation?

Tory Times

I've just managed to get through my first working day under a Conservative Government and somehow scraped through unscathed.

There have been no chairs put through the office windows nor a sign of a repeat of the Toxteth riots or a mass amount of people been put out of jobs.

Sat in a pub last night with six of my mates, alarm bells rang out when someone got a text saying Cameron is the new PM.

The night was ruined as the conversation turned from football and banter to finance and budget.

Seven lads, all under the age of 25, none of them having worked a day under a Tory Government, began to speculate as to how bad spending cuts will be, amid record youth unemployment and the highest ever graduation rates.

Haunted by parent's tales of millions out of work, that 'witch' Maggie Thatcher (the milk snatcher) took away free milk from children and vanished the voice of working class Britain, stripping away power from the unions.

The turnout for this election was 65%. Some couldn't vote because they ran out of paper while others complained they couldn't be bothered waiting because of mass queues at polling stations.

These are the fast days of the fast internet, fast microwavable pasta, fast mobile phones – people have OD OCD (on-demand obsessive compulsive disorder).

Here's to hoping that Cameron and Clegg don't follow in Thatcher's footsteps and please the young OD OCD generation with fast solutions to match.