IT'S a well known fact that a government that's above the law is a menace to be defeated. That's why Parliament is answerable to the people who elect them into office, to protect our property and our interest in the world around us, for a maximum of five years. After that time, their power is returned to the people who may grant them another five-year term through an election or select another party to govern them. Therefore the sovereignty of the people is established beyond doubt to be the higher sovereign over Parliament.

That's why we, the people, should have been granted the right to a referendum by Gordon Brown's government on the Lisbon Treaty, as he did not have the authority of the people to sign its passage through Parliament without the consent of the people, who should claim their right that all European Union legislation is unconstitutional therefore illegal under British law.

So it's an unescapable fact that successive governments have acted against the will of the people by committing acts of treason with their contempt of the higher sovereign and ignored these statements and their commitments as if they don't exist.

The issue now is of the trustworthiness and honesty of our elected representatives who have a duty or care to the people.

Furthermore, as this Government has introduced more than 3,000 new laws and Acts of Parliament in the past 13 years in office, it needs to be reminded that it has no rights to exceed the powers that have been vested in it.

We, the people, own the rights to our property, in this case the United Kingdom, that's why every five years we lease right and care our property to tenants (parliaments) who then have an obligation to look after and keep our property intact and act in the best interests of the ultimate owner, the people and all future generations. This has not been done as slowly governments have given our country over to the EU.

So all politicians must get it into their heads they are only servants of the people and not our masters.

They seem to be very much misinformed these days as to their status in life as employees of the people and, as they are paid a salary by the people, why, may I ask, should we the taxpayer pay their extortionate expense claims when the person in the street has to pay all his bills from his own salary?

It beggars belief that our greedy politicians are not satisfied with their salaries that they also have to rob the public purse even more with their expense claims.

J Swain

Teazle Court

Commercial Road, Exeter