observer Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Seems MPs havn't leant a thing and just don't get it! In a new deal, brockered by the new Speaker and the main Parties; they've doubled their subsistence allowance to ?25per night and NO RECEIPTS REQUIRED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Oh come on Obs, can't a chap have a drink after work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 Oh come on Obs, can't a chap have a drink after work? of course they can.... as long as the thieving slimey robbing bunch of crooks pay for it themselves and keep their grubby hands out of my pockets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I was, of course, speaking tongue in cheek. They should pay for their living out of their salary the same as other working people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazj Posted July 28, 2009 Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 I was, of course, speaking tongue in cheek. I know you were.... but it was a good excuse to get a moan in after it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 28, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 28, 2009 The sad thing is; we'll be forced to choose from a bunch of crooks or wannabee crooks at the next election; sadly most of them are just in it for what they can get out of it - not a political conviction in sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trojan Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 The moaners will put the wannabe crooks in power to become full time crooks and then they will be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Well it's the frying pan or the fire; prefer the frying pan on a low heat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted July 29, 2009 Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 Thankfully it seems as though it will be scrapped. Following quote from The Daily Telegraph: "......But the members estimate committee chose not to change the subsistence arrangements and they were confirmed in a revised edition of the Green Book slipped out quietly on July 13. Sir Christopher is likely to propose scrapping the ?25-a-night flat rate for subsistence when he reports in October, or at least demand that receipts are produced for every single cup of coffee or sandwich. MPs are likely to accept all his recommendations, particularly now that the Speaker has agreed that receipts must be produced for all claims." You might like to read the Green Book. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/upload/GreenBook0907.pdf The ?25 referred to is on page 14 section 2.1.3.2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted July 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 29, 2009 But they just don't "get it" Paul. The mere fact that they have any expenses/allowances throws up the suspicion that they are somehow fiddling them. A simple solution (as I've suggested ad nauseum) is to scrap ALL expenses/allowances and just pay them a flat rate salary; thus no need for receipts and no need to become an amateur accountant. Second homes: just provide them with a flat in an MPs hostel. Office and staffing requirements: just provide them with it and exclude close relatives - sorted. Second jobs: just ban them from having incomes from anything other than their MPs salary - sorted. They're going in circles trying to think up schemes that can be milked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Seems it's not just the politicians who are "still at it"; it appears that the bonus culture is back in the city, with bankers still being rewarded for failiure; and 90% mortgages back on offer, with deposits being borrowed on a credit card. Seems we're now a nation of serial credit junkies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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