They are right that trust in politicians has collapsed, notably after a string of Revelations about MPs and peers caught fiddling their expenses in the last parliament (leading to prison for some).

公众对政客的信任已经崩塌，尤其是在一系列国会议员和贵族被揭露在议会伪造账目(部分人因此坐牢)等事发后。

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To make matters worse, India's politics looks broken: bipartisanship has collapsed, and nothing much gets done these days in the parliament.

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