I loved reading about 47-year-old mother-of-three GP Dr Sarah Wollaston’s victory in the UK’s first open primary as prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate in Totnes, Devon, last week.

Not only was she too busy with swine flu to spend any money on campaigning, she beat the two politicians she was up against.

Is this the way politics will go in the future? After all it has been reported that hundreds of MPs are now considering giving up the job. Will people with real life skills replace those in parliament who got there on the basis of who they knew but were found out for abusing the expenses system?

And will they be allowed to keep the jobs they had before entering parliament? Last month Healthcare Republic reported that Labour MP and GP Dr Howard Stoate would stand down at the next election because he did not think he would be allowed to continue doing two jobs.

Would this mean even Liberal Democrat shadow health secretary Norman Lamb’s backing for grime star Tinchy Stryder could no longer continue? (My claim to fame this week is that my first job on the Aldershot News was a stone’s throw from the home where Sugababe, and Tinchy’s partner on his current number one, Amelle Berrabah grew up.)

And how much of a loss would it be if MPs were barred from second jobs in the future? After all, the average constituency contains 74,000 registered voters. Shouldn’t representing them 24/7 to the best of one’s ability be considered enough of a full-time job in itself?