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MPs say vote for us and we will rob you all blind

By John Hirst

MPs say vote for us and we will rob you all blind

"MPs are planning to award themselves an across-the-board £23,000 second home allowance to remove the embarrassment of submitting expenses claims".

"The committee chairing a review of Parliamentary expenses and allowances, chaired by the Speaker, Michael Martin, is said to be considering an automatic lump sum of around £23,000, which would avoid the exposure of public scrutiny of receipts for small household items".

Given that MPs are supposed to be accountable to the electorate, I feel that they should account for this disgraceful conduct. To stop public scrutiny of their expenses claims, they have decided to award themselves a £23,000 pay rise. This is not just snouts in the trough, they are wallowing in the trough!

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on May 27, 2008 (boomark / email).