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Margaret you forgot the couple both claiming the second home allowance, do they have a second home each? I agree that yes the rules were at fault but there can be no excuses for this people bleeding the country dry whilst a hell of a lot of the population are really struggling. It is disgusting!!!!
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Let's also not forget that the majority of MPs have fought tooth and nail from their expenses being made public, under the ludicrous claim that it would be a threat to their security. Some of what's gone on isn't just morally questionable, it's legally questionable fraud. On the point that everyone would milk the system, given the flawed nature of the system, and human greed. Some would, some wouldn't. You can't put through an claim for 'integrity'. Happily for me I know, and have known, many people who would never claim for anything they weren't entitled to, because they would consider it stealing. If the system's flawed change it. Don't apologise for it, after it's been made public. There are still a few politicans who deserve the courtesy title 'The Right Honourable Member', and happily the MP for Hyndburn appears to be one of them. |
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The only threat to their security, if their expenses were made public, would be that some would be tarred and feathered.
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This scandal has called into question the integrity of all MP's.......casting doubt on everyone.
The more we hear of it the worse it seems to get........all of these MP's who have been shown up as fraudulent claimers should be made by their own party leader to quit now.........this would force a number of By-Elections, giving the people the power to vote in someone who they feel can better represent them.......and if Gordon Brown is serious about changes to the constitution then he had better be quick and get them on the statute books, because I'm sure the majority of us doubt his veracity. |
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Bernard, that is another subject altogether.
Oh, I see now, you mean financially poor councillors.....I was on completely the wrong track there for a minute. While I do not believe that politicians should become poorer as a result of the pursuit of their duties, I do not think that they should see the tax payer as a cash cow, and someone who will pay up to feather their nests. I don't think they realise the level of unrest this situation has created, and that is because a lot of them are far removed from the realities that the rest of us grapple with on a daily basis. They should be made to live on a basic pension, or invalidity benefit for a few weeks and then they would find it easy to live off their salaries. |
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The irony is that journalists are the worst for fiddling expenses.
I don't see what is wrong about claiming for plasma tellies, gardening, cleaners and food (yes, allowed) etc., for their second home .. just that they were stupid in setting it against their 'main' home. Still say, the majority of the public are not whiter than white, and have all cheated the system at some stage when given the chance, albeit in smaller ways. |
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One of the most disturbing aspects is that some M.Ps who have clearly been abusing the system, don't accept that they might just have been doing something wrong. |
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Kate, the journalists are not paid out of the public purse and if they were caught they would at least be dealt with justly, by being deprived of their job....they would not be able to sit tight and wait for a golden goodbye and a fat pension.
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It never ceases to amaze me that because it was "within the rules" some people think it is alright. Sorry it is morally wrong IMHO!!!
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Just how much money are MP's on anyway? Please don't bring the NHS into this. That monster will waste more money than all the MP's expenses put together. |
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