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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostWhat about all the Tories "trousering" the large sums - are they not hypocrites because we all expect them to be sleazy?
Name them. All of them should be answerable to the public that pay their salaries and expenses and if they are proven to be morally bankrupt such as McNulty and Jackie Smith, they should resign. It does appear though that Labour are the real hypocrites having preached ' whiter than white'.Comment
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostName them. All of them should be answerable to the public that pay their salaries and expenses and if they are proven to be morally bankrupt such as McNulty and Jackie Smith, they should resign. It does appear though that Labour are the real hypocrites having preached ' whiter than white'.Comment
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Here's what I don't get: if a contractor claimed the sort of expenses these MPs are claiming for working out of town, they'd have HMRC coming down on them for tax like a ton of bricks.
I know there's the usual 'one rule for them' sigh-and-tut response - but really - why don't HMRC give a damn?Comment
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I've claimed expenses in permie job that have been more than many MPs.
It wasn't a perk. I was just claiming expenses.
So if I had to work in a different location I stayed in a hotel and claimed it back. It was just something you do to get your business done. Spending 20k on hotels a year isn't that uncommon for people who work away a lot.
Nobody becomes an MP for the money.
It is all a piece of nonsense.Comment
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Originally posted by DieScum View PostI've claimed expenses in permie job that have been more than many MPs.
It wasn't a perk. I was just claiming expenses.
So if I had to work in a different location I stayed in a hotel and claimed it back. It was just something you do to get your business done. Spending 20k on hotels a year isn't that uncommon for people who work away a lot.
Nobody becomes an MP for the money.
It is all a piece of nonsense.
Could you have claimed a £200-a-night per diem? Could you have claimed for a fridge and a plasma TV? I doubt it. But if you were an MP, until recently you could.Comment
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completely agree with cybersquatter.
First home 8 miles from work place and second one 11 miles, not exactly a huge difference reallyComment
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Originally posted by minestrone View PostHamilton
BLAIR - manipulated data to get us into a war in Iraq,
- took money a million off Ecclestone in return for allowing
tobacco to be reprieved for a few years
- took money off private equity managers - tax law changed in their
favour
- took free holidays all round the words
etc etc etc
Labour incompetence, corruption and sleaze beggars belief ...Comment
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I don't think the sleaze matters. In comparison with the lie about the "weapons of mass destruction", a few millions being stolen off the taxpayer to line their pockets are not important. Especially compared to their incompetence and mismanagement, anyway.
Thousands of civilians have been killed.
Scores of people have been tortured.
How about we pay all these cabinet ministers and ex-cabinet ministers £10,000,000 tax-free to leave office. (It's cheaper than baling out the banks.)
But on condition they stand trial for the consequences of their lies.
I bet they wouldn't take the money.Drivelling in TPD is not a mental health issue. We're just community blogging, that's all.
Xenophon said: "CUK Geek of the Week". A gingerjedi certified "Elitist Tw@t". Posting rated @ 5 lard pointsComment
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Originally posted by Cyberman View PostName them. All of them should be answerable to the public that pay their salaries and expenses and if they are proven to be morally bankrupt such as McNulty and Jackie Smith, they should resign. It does appear though that Labour are the real hypocrites having preached ' whiter than white'.
Conservative-MPs-Sir-Nicholas-and-Ann-Winterton-broke-Commons-expenses-rules
Derek Conway
BTW I agree Smith and McNulty are scum and should go - unlike you I don't think the Tories would be much better - based on their past record.Comment
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