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  There was a time when the only reward MPs received was the satisfaction of serving their constituents well.
  
  Then they were given a wage so as to ensure that MPs were not just drawn from those who were of independent financial means - for many years this was all they got,, no expenses, not even secretarial or postage costs.
  
  As workloads increased, so allowances and other expenses were brought in, and abuse of these started, until we ended up with today's snouts in the trough behaviour.
  
  It does not matter how many are at it - one is too many.
  
  Unreceipted expenses are a recipe for over claiming/fraud - every organisation I have worked for demands receipts for any item over £5, prior authorisation for expenses over £25 and sets limits on travel (cost, mode of transport, class of ticket etc.) subsistence and entertaining - so why should not expect these wastrels to abide by similar rules?
  
  Oh and don't get me started on the nonsense that is the European Parliamentary expense fiasco, but suffice it to say that with bit of guile and some clever accounting it is possible to get over £1m in expenses and allowances over the course of a 4 year tenure.

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