The public’s faith in our politicians is at an all time low and it’s hardly surprising as at the moment there doesn’t seem to be anything that they can do right. Their rules seem to be very inconsistent compared with anyone who claims expenses in the private sector and on top of this they are easily open to abuse.
After a year of anger being vented on the City it seems only fair that the attention is turned onto government for their haphazard expense claims. Whilst it appears that 90% of politicians are guilty, it’s our Gordon’s party who are taking the brunt of the criticism and one cannot help but think that it is justly deserved.
The trust that has been lost will be near on impossible to replace and worst of all it will be up to the politicians to over haul the rules. Such a mess surely calls for a simple answer along the lines of reducing the ways and amounts MPs can claim on expenses and increasing their basic salaries.
It would almost be worth considering a salary scheme based on where their constituency is and paying slightly more to those MPs who live further away from London.
In case you missed Gordon Brown’s manic-give-the-kids-nightmares smiles on his MP’s Expenses YouTube video…here is the video.
We will not take any responsibility for you not being able to sleep at night.
Enjoy the weekend.
DB
After a year of anger being vented on the City it seems only fair that the attention is turned onto government for their haphazard expense claims. Whilst it appears that 90% of politicians are guilty, it’s our Gordon’s party who are taking the brunt of the criticism and one cannot help but think that it is justly deserved.
The trust that has been lost will be near on impossible to replace and worst of all it will be up to the politicians to over haul the rules. Such a mess surely calls for a simple answer along the lines of reducing the ways and amounts MPs can claim on expenses and increasing their basic salaries.
It would almost be worth considering a salary scheme based on where their constituency is and paying slightly more to those MPs who live further away from London.
In case you missed Gordon Brown’s manic-give-the-kids-nightmares smiles on his MP’s Expenses YouTube video…here is the video.
We will not take any responsibility for you not being able to sleep at night.
Enjoy the weekend.
DB