MP-Sexpenses-grrr

[Tawnyowl]

The MP who claimed for a new heated pipe under his tennis court--id give him some xxxxxx heat -the electric chair.Exscuse me just letting some steam off.Anyone else .

[Bookworm]

Cleaning the moat.

 

At a time when people are losing their homes, this is even more despicable than average.

[gyzmo]

I'd give him a hand:

 

Obtain super strong hairgel.

Obtain MP and, using hair gel, form a Spikey style hairdo on him. Allow to settle.

Obtain some rope.

Obtain a large pole.

Tie MP to pole using rope. Ensure MP's head is at the end away from you.

Use as though one would a toilet brush.

[Bookworm]

But then you'd be giving the lie to the theory that you wouldn't touch an MP with a bargepole.

[gyzmo]

lol! On this occasion I'd make an exception!

[hilaryfrances]

that reminds me I must get someone in to clean the chandelier, put new light bulbs in, repair my tennis court, overhaul the sit on mower, refurbish my house and remember to wake me up before I go to work and stop this dreaming!

[up2meears]

Now come on, be fair. These MPs do a great job running the country and economy. They are hard working and honest.They deserve to eat in the finest restuarants, sleep in the plushest hotels and watch porn all at our expense, somebody should stand up for them and make the whole country realise this and.................."Mr Brown, Mr Brown""wakey, wakey Mr Brown, Time to put on your make up and face the public"

[The GodMother]

 

 

Fuzzy bobble in the making.

Edited May 15, 2009 by The GodMother

[yourbank]

My local MP has posted his expenses online....has your MP?

 

David Howarth MP Calls for Parliamentary Transparency and Voluntarily Publishes his Expenses

[gyzmo]

Seems to be one of he better ones, though his expenses are creeping up each year.

[sillygirl1]

I still think chopping off their heads and leaving them on public display by the Tower of London is a good idea...

 

However they will probably let some resign by taking ownership of the old rotten boroughs, Chiltern Hundreds comes to mind here.

 

Pity we can't all have moats and dump the doorstep collectors in them!

[Thailand]

Just read about the Liebour MP that claimed £13K in phantom mortgage interest payments.

[yourbank]

MPs expenses: there are honest politicians after all - Telegraph

 

There are a few MP's not taking cos they can(incl. David Howarth(LibDem), Cambridge---see above)

Kelvin Hopkins(Lab), Luton North

Martin Salter(Lab), Reading West

Adam Afriyie(Con) Windsor

Geoffrey Robinson(Lab) Coventry West

Philip Dunne(Con) Ludlow

Ed Miliband(Lab) Doncaster North

Teresa May(Con) Maidenhead

Anne Widdecombe(Con) Maidstone and the Weald.

 

Not all of them are dodgy but so far less than a dozen seem to be ok. There are over 600 MP's.

Wonder who's next for stoning in The Telegraph

[Thailand]

I've just emailed mine to ask where in the public domain are hers, and if not, could I have a set because my vote counts on it.

 

Should give all in her office a good laugh.

[Mr lex]

I am so angry about all this, I don't know were to start.

 

Oh, I've been caught, it must be an accounting error !!

 

Error be dammed, if you and I were caught fiddling benefits, we would be fined, have our money stopped and probably thrown in the clink. What goes around should come around to these pathetic parasites

 

:mad:

 

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[ukaviator]

I think the Fraud Squad will get involved. This is blatant fiddling.

[Tawnyowl]

I am just wondering how many years this has been going on.But for the Freedom of Information act, MPs would never have been required to itemise what they had spent taxpayers money on.A third MP, the Tory backbencher Anthony Steen, claimed tens of thousands of pounds for his country mansion, including expenses for looking after 500 trees.500 trees-my local park hasnt that many.Hope his no doubt got one 4 poster bed gets woodworm and collapses with him in it. At about the era of Cromwell, a man of the people with a company of pikemen would have ridden in and stormed this nest of rats, some of whom would have had their heads stuck on a spike. Now, however, we are a democracy, which means we are completely at the mercy of shameless yobs at every level of our lives. Let’s make the Euro poll a referendum on the outrageous antics of the three main parties who misgovern us, and elect some anti-European Union parties to the Strasbourg and Brussels chambers so the lavish gravy train expenses claimed by Euro MPs can also be exposed, and the EU parliament held to account, too.Euro MPs expenses-now that would be interesting.Winston Churchill quoted:

 

I was only the servant of my country and had I, at any moment, failed to express her unflinching resolve to fight and conquer, I should at once have been rightly cast aside.

 

Well everyone now its time to cast these cheats yes cheats aside for dragging the whole foundation and history of British Politics into the GUTTER.To my mind, the big question now is what are our Euro MPs claiming? Should this not be revealed also? In 2007, our government ploughed £9billion of our money into the EU and received only £4.3billion back. Is that value for money? I do not think so. How much of this was paid in MEPs' expense claims? Is this why the EU accounts have not been audited for the past 14 years?

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0516/1224246700653.html?via=rel

[Tawnyowl]

MEPs: salary and expenses - The Irish Times - Sat, May 16, 2009

[Mr lex]

I am just wondering how many years this has been going on.But for the Freedom of Information act, MPs would never have been required to itemise what they had spent taxpayers money on.

 

As I understand it, it started in the 80s when in another recession the MP's took a pay freeze to show the people they were feeling it too. The expenses thing was brought in to 'make good' the deficit and help them though the hard times. Most of those MP's have long gone and the next 'intake' have just taken it for granted and us for a ride

[yourbank]

UK Parliament - Members' allowances

The first link is one to what is called "The Green Book" and it has the one for 2006 and 2009. This is what is called the "defence" that some MP's are hiding behind.

Might be worth looking at page 4, 1.1

 

"Members of Parliament are provided with financial support in

the form of allowances to enable them to work effectively in

Parliament and in their constituencies.

Parliamentary allowances are designed to ensure that Members

are reimbursed for costs properly incurred in the performance of

their duties. They provide support for:

employing staff (Staffing Expenditure)

provision of facilities, equipment and supplies for themselves

and their staff (Administrative and Office Expenditure)

overnight stays away from home whilst on parliamentary

duties (Personal Additional Accommodation Expenditure)

communicating with constituents (Communications

Expenditure)

House stationery and postage (Stationery and Postage)

travel – between Westminster, the constituency and main

home (Travel expenditure)"

[yourbank]

To add further to the post, page 6 and 7 are absolutely damning to any such defence that any MP is providing.

[Tawnyowl]

It sounds like -a bit like benefit fraud a case of once youre doing it you get used to it-accept youre doing it-then brain finally says its ok and just treats it as your right to have.Probably a simplistic look at it.But we would get locked up.For a lot less.20 Years fiddling poss-def would be locked up.

[yourbank]

The more you read the green book for MP's the more you see how damning it is. The mortgage claims specifically is fraud. You can't blame anyone else because you are specifically at fault if you submit a claim. In most work places, even if it isn't criminal on expenses, it is SACKABLE.

[Tawnyowl]

Hess gone-goodbye-can you believe whats gone on.MP David Chaytor admits £13,000 mortgage error as expenses crisis grows | UK news | guardian.co.uk

[hilaryfrances]

:mad:How can you "forget" you have paid your mortgage? It is a red letter day in anyones life, they are only sorry now they have been found out