Distrustful of Politicians

And I don't feel strong - or any - allegiance with any of the parties]

Yes, you are being moronic.
Do you understand how hard of a job they have? They can't please everyone all the time.

So do you abstain from voting? Will you vote in the Referendum?

Name somebody who works harder than the average MP, and I'll be surprised. The work ethic and general integrity of the vast majority of elected representatives ought not to be undercut by a small minority of the corrupt or lazy.

Any GP. Nurses. [The better] Teachers.

When there's 50 or more out of 600 who are caught doing wrong, it's too much of a coincidence.

MPs work 12+ hours a day, 7 days a week, travelling between different parts of the country and constantly either working on casework or in the chamber of parliament, or visiting parts of their constituencies and running advice surgeries. I know of no GP, nurse, or teacher who works those answers or suffers the sort of sanctimonious scrutiny which the press subject MPs to. Expenses was overhyped, and whilst I don't think that we should expect any less than what we currently get from MPs, to say that they are lazy or totally uncaring is plain false. If you'd ever had any experience with an MP or working in parliament, you'd know that.

I know of several GPs and nurses who work 12+hr shifts. Indeed, in my last job I was regularly working shifts in excess of 12hrs and on exercises found my working 18hr days for weeks on end.

To say that GPs and teachers aren't subjected to scrutiny is laughable. Snap OFSTED inspections [my old school has had 3 within the past 2 months - I know because my mother still works there], constant review of exam results and all of that while the budget for their department is being cut and they're having to deal with less and less. For the doctors, constant reviews by the GMC, the prospect that, if they do make a mistake they'll get sued, impatient patients who expect miracle cures for anything and everything and who expect to be seen the instant they've got a sniffle...

I'm not saying that the MP's job is easy, or that they're all criminals, but it is by no means the only tough job going. And they get considerably well compensated for their time. Yes, there are honourable men and women in parliament and their actions should not be discounted, they had to work hard to get chosen as a candidate, and then work hard to get elected and then work hard to get re-elected. Along the way, however, they will inevitably annoy the crap out of people. There are good people out there. But there are also bad ones - and they get the recognition.

1) I think you'll find an MPs life is tougher than a GPs
2) GPs are far better paid than MPs
3) This isn't all about equivalence. Don't discredit MPs because of a few bad eggs, is my point. They (by and large) work bloody hard and aren't appreciated.

1- purely subjective.
2- actually, just looked, both have an average wage of about £118k, though the MP is entitled to more perks and expenses than the doctor as the NHS' budget has been cut, while the parliamentary one has been increased...
3- I don't knock all, but it's harder to get away from the fact that there is a larger percentage of these 'bad eggs' in politics than there are elsewhere.

Whether you like it or not, MPs are accountable to those they serve, and so are compelled to serve consistently while in office, and perform all the duties (casework, surgeries, etc.) consistently and well.

If I may interject here. Do you think this is true? Do you think they really perform consistently and well with what their communities want or need, for the people that elected them?

I'm trying to do some basic reading on Politics and understand it better but all the while I am reading I keep reminding myself how much I distrust Politicians in general. I know that means I am generalizing terribly, but I just can't help but view them as power hungry two-faced liars who will do anything to line their own pockets

but what does it matter when I don't trust who is in power anyway? Am I being moronic in my assumptions? Does anybody else share the same opinion?

In brief, your view is a little lazy. You aren't prepared to look at politicians individually or move past the spin so you lump them together in a group.

RE: the referendum, you are voting on the voting system, not on politicians.

Politicians have only been able to act the way some did because of apathy.