International Law

Who says crime doesn't pay?

By John Hirst

MPs retaliation for having their £23,000 per year expenses fiddle stopped is to demand they are rewarded with a £40,000 per year pay rise! They are arguing that this will allow them to pay for themselves their second homes. However, if the public purse pays for this I fail to see how MPs can claim they are paying for their second homes themselves.

All too often the TV cameras in the House of Commons show that too many MPs are absent for most of the time. Therefore, why should they have two homes when it would be cheaper to commute into London on the odd occasions that MPs do decide to make an appearance?

Scrap John Lewis list for a £40,000 pay rise

Full post as published by prisonlawinsideout on March 16, 2008 (boomark / email).