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Topic History of: MP's expenses
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The Fat Controller |
I'm sorry but I can't agree with any of you.
They are a set of two faced bastards. They swear allegiance to the Queen and the people, yet when they had a chance to prove that allegiance, they signed away our sovereignty to the EU without a second thought, on top of ripping us all off. They represent themselves only and no one else.
Should you or I fiddle our tax returns I doubt the same outpouring of sympathy will be forthcoming.. |
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The Cat |
A lot of them will be out of a job, TFC. At least 120 Labour MPs are standing down at the next election. Then there will be some Tory and Lib Dems to add to that number. Some have been deselected (sacked) by their constituency, and others have decided to jump before being pushed.
My local MP is actually very good at his job and will no doubt be returned with a massive majority. He wasn't one of those found to have broken expenses rules.
I do think the issue has been overblown. They have shown themselves to be a bit dodgy, but we mostly suspected that anyway. They were caught with their hands in the till, but it's not as bad as causing men and women to die in an unnecessary war, or eroding civil liberties, or removing the safeguards from the legal system to make it easier to jail the innocent purely to enhance conviction rates.
Stealing a few thousand pounds is nothing compared to stealing our freedom. |
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BR |
JK2006 wrote:
My problem is that everybody tries to squeeze the odd extra penny out of expenses and a few thousand here or there is trivial; yes, if they deliberately steal hundreds of thousands by fraud and so on; charge them and dump them. But daily bits and pieces - it's just the structure which allows a bit of bending and twiddling. Are they any good at their fucking jobs? That's all I care about (they are not, incidentally, which is why, like you, I'll probably not be voting this year).
New Labour are relying on people not voting in order to get in again.
Vote for whoever can beat New Labour in your area. Then you have done your duty.
We must STOP this whole New Labour bandwagon before it destroys the World. |
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JK2006 |
My problem is that everybody tries to squeeze the odd extra penny out of expenses and a few thousand here or there is trivial; yes, if they deliberately steal hundreds of thousands by fraud and so on; charge them and dump them. But daily bits and pieces - it's just the structure which allows a bit of bending and twiddling. Are they any good at their fucking jobs? That's all I care about (they are not, incidentally, which is why, like you, I'll probably not be voting this year). |
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The Fat Controller |
It's not often I disagree with you JK but I do on this. The difference being that journalists, celebrities and Joe Public are not entrusted by us to serve us and our interests on our behalf. The sheer arrogance and shruggy shouldered indifference of some of the cheating MP's (and they were cheating us)rubbed salt in the wounds and for me it was the contempt they displayed for the voters which has my blood boiling.
I admire your stance JK, you being someone who was almost publically crucified for nothing, but I'm afraid I don't have the same sympathies for these greedy parasites who should at least be out of a job if not behind bars.
..and no..it's not the same as someone parking on double yellow lines.
What they have done is far far worse. They've stolen from Mr Voter and then stuck a large index up at him.
Absolutely disgraceful.
But who the hell do I vote for now in May? The Monster Raving Loonies I think! |
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