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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
Baroness Uddin has been cleared of any wrong doing on a technicality....she claimed £100,000 pounds and has got away with it, only because there is no clear distinction in the parliamentary regulations as to what constitues a primary residence....so if she visited her flat in Maidstone Kent once a month, then this could be considered her primary residence and she was free to calim £174 per night for accommodation in the city.
More bl**dy neck than a giraffe!
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According to the BBC, this is down to a recent ruling by the Lords authorities which determined that peers could nominate a property as their "main" home even if they only "visit" it at least once a month.
Note that - a "recent" ruling. In other words, these greedy, snout-dipping sods are determined to keep on troughing at our expense.
Or how about this?
MPs’ expenses: Ann and Alan Keen told to repay just £1,500 - Telegraph
Despite all the fine words, it's abundantly clear that those who supposedly represent us have STILL not got the message.
If there's a low turn out and/or a large vote for fringe parties in a couple of months time, we'll know exactly who's to blame!
