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Originally Posted by garinda
In my book a hundred and one wrongs don't make a right.
When it came to economic competency, New Labour were bordering on the imbecilic.
Though fair play to them, they were red hot on some financial matters.
Fiddling their expenses.
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Economic policies, which until the crash of 2008, the Tories were supporting as well and promising to match Labours spending commitments. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. The credit and house price boom was started by the Tories in the 80s.
Weren't some Tories convicted of fiddling expenses as well?
For many years, decades even, the ruling governments seemed nervous to award pay increases to MPs due to the possible backlash by the public even though these increases would have been in line with other responsible jobs in both the public and private sectors. Therefore, it may be the case that many MPs saw expenses as a way of topping up their salaries to a level which they saw as the equivalent of what they could have got for doing a similar responsible job in the public/private sector. This seem to be a tacit belief within the House of Commons for years before the scandal broke.