Latest snout in the trough
- 26 July 2015 10:16284808Will it ever end? Austerity for the rest of us.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3174676/Now-John-Bercow-bills-taxpayers-1-000-booze-Speaker-claimed-cost-wine-brand-whisky-expenses.html - 26 July 2015 10:30284809'Charging hundreds for taxi rides is bad enough but charging for wine and whisky is absurd,' said one.
'We cannot claim for booze and the same should apply to him. He earns a huge salary and gets free accommodation - what more does he want?'
Says it all really.
Roger - Jan Higgins
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26 July 2015 12:06284812One word sums up far too many MP's attitude to their privileges and grabbing whatever they think they can get away with............GREED.
I would have preferred the MPs received an even higher pay increase after their last pay review and lost the right to expenses and subsidised bars etc.-----------------------------------------------------------------------
I try to be neutral and polite but it is hard and getting even more difficult at times.
------------------------------------------------------------------- - 26 July 2015 18:56284827Not only MP's but the BBC has more than it's fair share of lotus eaters, the joke is that in the vast majority of journeys are quicker by tube.
http://www.express.co.uk/ - Brian Dixon
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27 July 2015 06:14284839you know they will not mix with the great unwashed howard. - 29 July 2015 12:13284904The gravy train rolls on and I suspect there is more like this going on in the Lords.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/11769736/Peer-claims-300-a-day-in-expenses-to-walk-200-yards-to-work-at-House-of-Lords.html - 18 September 2015 14:15286231If what Straw and Rifkind got up to is within the rules, then the rules need to be changed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34279476 - 19 September 2015 12:59286249David Cameron "It's quite wrong that there are people in our society who will behave like this.
But we will not shrug our shoulders and let them get away with it any longer.
We will take the necessary measures to stop fraud happening in the first place; root out and take tough action against those found committing fraud; and make sure the stolen money is paid back."
No, he wasn't referring to MP's
"My New Year's Resolution, is to try and emulate Marek's level of chilled out, thoughtfulness and humour towards other forumites and not lose my decorum" - 16 January 2016 10:18289559The penny never drops with some, snoughts still firmly in the trough.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/geoffrey-cox-tory-mp-has-expenses-claim-for-49p-pint-of-milk-rejected-by-commons-a6813131.html - 31 March 2016 18:17312458This crook represented us in Brussels for 5 years.
http://www.kentonline.co.uk/malling/news/peter-skinner-former-mep-guilty-fraud-93542/ - 1 April 2016 07:43312474Skinner was replaced by Annalise Dodds in 2014.Skinner Skinned us for a total of 15 years. Howard, you know of Ms Dodds?
- 1 April 2016 08:13312476This happens in all party,s not fair to pick anyone of them out.
- 1 April 2016 08:57312477Why not Vic? Its about Taxpayer's money, they swindled.
- 1 April 2016 09:03312478Never heard of the man until this came out, couldn't have been very active politically. Ms Dodds on the other hand we know of as she canvassed for Clair Hawkins in the last General Election.
- 1 April 2016 09:24312479I am not in any party and the only vote I will be doing is the yes vote for coming out,but as I said all the party,s have members that are trying it on so go get that person but not the party.
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