New Democracy for the UK

I have followed the Telegraph's expose of the way our MPs have misused the expenses system with great interest. I note that none of the 3 major parties has come out of this with any great glory and I would like to suggest that it is pointless for us, the electorate, to select any of the three parties for our votes in any forthcoming elections. I have also noted Lord Tebbit's suggestion that we give our votes to one of the minor parties in the forthcoming European elections and this fills me with dread. I would hate to see Britain travelling down the facist path purely because of the behaviour of some MPs. On the other hand I believe it is now clear that we cannot trust any of the major parties to be entirely clean so I would like to suggest the following:

We, the people, create an entirely new party which would aim to achieve the following after election:
1) Halving the number of MPs in parliament and allowing an increase in the salary paid to those left, but still allowing a reduction in the total cost of MPs.
2) No change to proportion representation as this hamstrings governments. As unpleasant as first past the post can be, it does work.
3) This new party would work to simplify the tax system with the aim of reducing the cost of collection.
4) The Budget would be drawn up on the basis of projected revenue from tax and borrowing and not the current way of setting expendirture and then determining what we need from tax and borrowing.
5) The withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the recognition that britaion cannot afford to be the world's policeman.
6) Reduce government participation in the economy over time. It is recognised this cannot be achieved overnight.
7) Cancel all proposed expenditure which appears to have no real purpose, such as ID cards and similar endeavours.
8) Focus on the things people need, like Education, Health and care for those who cannot provide it for themselves and reduce expenditure in areas such as defence (Trident replacement etc).

I am certain that if the new party did even some of these things in a first parliament, people would vote for such a party for a second time. We need less government and we need it now, more than ever.