Changing MP’s Expenses

Changing MP’s Expenses

Posted on May 13th, 2009 Global Changes 4 comments

I’m not a big fan of the UK parliament. Far from it in fact. I think this system is extremely outdated and has no relevance to the modern Britain, at all.

Priministers questions is grotesque. 200 of the most influential people in Britain in the same room, do nothing but taunt each other like children. How is this productive or relevant? Why not once a week sit down and talk like adults! One thing however, seems to have finally gone too far.

MP’s expenses have finally been exposed. Politicians have proved they are willing to game the system at every chance, and change is long overdue. In a time of recession, and financial hardship for the British people, we have been paying for ludacris MP’s claims such as £3,020 for food (Francis Maud), £1,024 for cleaning (Kenneth Clarke), £7,000 on furnishings (Michael Gove), £2,000 to have a pipe repaired under his tennis court (Oliver Letwin), £145.96 for a pram (David Miliband), £2,339 for a magnolia carpet (Alistair Darling), £600 for a hanging basket (Margaret Beckett), £14,000 a year for a Housekeeper (Douglas Hogg) to name but a few.

Seriously. Tax money should be optimised to the highest efficiency of spending that benefits those who pay it. This is obscene. Being an MP should be a privilege, being that you not only get to serve your country, but that you actually get a say in how its run. At the moment it seems to be full of freeloaders in it for nothing but the cash. Until the motivation of government changes, neither will this failing country.
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4 responses to “Changing MP’s Expenses”
1. That’s The Badger » Expense Fiasco Continues…. May 14th, 2009 at 16:00
  
  [...] which has clearly been open to financial abuse for years. I’m not against some form of living expense for MP’s, in fact perhaps the government should go out and rent a series of bedsits for those MP’s who [...]
2. Triplet January 27th, 2010 at 18:51
  
  This is not the case only of UK, but is prevailant all over the world. I don’t know how much an MP eats for £3,020. The government expenses should be curtailed.
3. blackpool January 31st, 2010 at 21:47
  
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4. Tilda Schrab March 29th, 2010 at 04:04
  
  There is obviously a hole lot more to read about this. I think you made some o.k points in Features also. Keep working, excellent write up!
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