What has YOUR MP claimed?
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Constituency: Blyth Valley
MP: Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Party: LAB
Expenses
Second Home: £23,083
London Supplement: £0
Office: £20,824
Staffing: £90,455
Stationery: £353
IT Provision: £1,093
Staff Cover: £0
Communication: £9,222
Travel: £15,256
Total Expenses: £161,713
i win =]
MP: Campbell, Mr Ronnie
Party: LAB
Expenses
Second Home: £23,083
London Supplement: £0
Office: £20,824
Staffing: £90,455
Stationery: £353
IT Provision: £1,093
Staff Cover: £0
Communication: £9,222
Travel: £15,256
Total Expenses: £161,713
i win =]
I was watching BBC Question Time last week and it was on this subject, they quoted the exact rules and the vast majority of the outrageous claims are not within them. If I recall correctly the exact term was
" expenses are only to be claimed if they are essential to fulfilling your duties."
(I may be paraphrasing ever so slightly, has been a week since i heard it)
However, much like the millennium series, what is actually written in the rule book is no where near as important as what is actually allowed on field. So when in a culture of claiming every thing on expenses who is to say any different.
It is after all a culture that goes back to the mid eighties and so before many of the current MP's even had seats.
...I dunno I have very mixed opinions on this subject. On the one hand given the opportunity to rape an expenses account i would, especially if every one else was too. It would seem acceptable as it's the norm.
On the other hand why is a clean moat essential for an MP to fulfil his duties!?
...Is his thought processed so ****ed up that he cannot make decisions regarding his constituency at all while the knowledge that his moat is dirty is weighing down on his mind!?!
He might have had like Sharks and stuff in there meaning he couldn't get out of his home....just saying....
Incidentally I did hear a rather funny one last night.
An MP claimed public money to pay for tax avoidance advice.
So they used our taxes to pay someone to figure out how to avoid paying their own taxes!
The truth really is stranger than fiction.
An MP claimed public money to pay for tax avoidance advice.
So they used our taxes to pay someone to figure out how to avoid paying their own taxes!
The truth really is stranger than fiction.
What amuses me though is that everybody is so outraged. The same people that scream "they can't do that, they are supposed to be the great moral example to everybody else", are the same people that always say that all politicians are lying gits.
So why so surprised?
So why so surprised?
Only reason why everyone is so pissed is because its the money the govo grabs out of our pockets. If this was a big company and the employees spending money the company had made, everyone would be shocked at what went on and it would fade away in no time..
The guys who claim for this money made up the rules, that was the first mistake..
second home allowance has got to be the biggest jip and the guys buying a house 5 minutes away from their first in central london next door to work..
The whole outrage is claiming money to pay the morgage on their second home, once this is done they claim that they now live in that house and claim a morgage on their first home. If it were anyother bussiness you'd expect them to be fired and charged with fraud, but they appologise and say they'll pay it back ( probably make up some other bull**** claim and get their money back that way )
anyone of them claiming for anything not legit should be sacked, and then scrap the system and make the mp's live like normal people. . .
Gotta love Cameron though, first hes saying its all browns fault hes soo much better, then when his party is shown up hes saying hes all sorry for all the conserv's. Then back to blaming brown.. what a ****
Im not mad they abused the system, if you could you blatently would. Just hope they all get treated the same as us...
£5k is a bit much for a phone bill, what does he use carrier peigeon ?
Constituency: Sevenoaks
MP: Fallon, Mr Michael
Party: CON
Expenses
Second Home: £22,853
London Supplement: £0
Office: £12,413
Staffing: £72,015
Stationery: £430
IT Provision: £1,183
Staff Cover: £0
Communication: £4,738
Travel: £4,910
Total Expenses: £119,667
The guys who claim for this money made up the rules, that was the first mistake..
second home allowance has got to be the biggest jip and the guys buying a house 5 minutes away from their first in central london next door to work..
The whole outrage is claiming money to pay the morgage on their second home, once this is done they claim that they now live in that house and claim a morgage on their first home. If it were anyother bussiness you'd expect them to be fired and charged with fraud, but they appologise and say they'll pay it back ( probably make up some other bull**** claim and get their money back that way )
anyone of them claiming for anything not legit should be sacked, and then scrap the system and make the mp's live like normal people. . .
Gotta love Cameron though, first hes saying its all browns fault hes soo much better, then when his party is shown up hes saying hes all sorry for all the conserv's. Then back to blaming brown.. what a ****
Im not mad they abused the system, if you could you blatently would. Just hope they all get treated the same as us...
£5k is a bit much for a phone bill, what does he use carrier peigeon ?
Constituency: Sevenoaks
MP: Fallon, Mr Michael
Party: CON
Expenses
Second Home: £22,853
London Supplement: £0
Office: £12,413
Staffing: £72,015
Stationery: £430
IT Provision: £1,183
Staff Cover: £0
Communication: £4,738
Travel: £4,910
Total Expenses: £119,667