Expense Claims...

[Nick]

Good old News of the Screws!

[Snoopy]

Exactly ~ as I said let's all have a jolly good laugh at their expense.

Mockery will get shot of them far quicker than ranting and name calling because they cannot stand being made fun of. Notice the only time Brown loses his temper in the House is when someone takes the p*ss. Blair was the same ~ the only one who could goad him out of his smug self satisfaction was William Hague, the arch p*ss taker.

[Grumpmeister]

You are right there. When Gordo was asked about bullying in Whitehall during PMQ's l thought he was going to start stamping his feet & throw a tantrum, especially when Michael Martin was having trouble keeping a straight face.

[Uncle Mort]

please spare me the sanctimonious holier than thou attitudes.

I am quite prepared to cast the first stone.

These politicians have cynically manipulated and abused the system for personal gain, they are morally corrupt, self-serving little shits and no right to have any respect from the people that they are supposed to represent.

[Nick]

Today's stuff is, if anything, worse than yesterday's. Blears!!

And look at this!!

http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2009/05/true-home-of-mr-margaret-moran.html

[The Moan Ranger]

OH has the right idea.

http://bastardoldholborn.blogspot.com/2009/05/appeal-looking-for-pig-farmer-in-south.html

[Barman]

please spare me the sanctimonious holier than thou attitudes.

I am quite prepared to cast the first stone.

These politicians have cynically manipulated and abused the system for personal gain, they are morally corrupt, self-serving little shits and no right to have any respect from the people that they are supposed to represent.

[Uncle Mort]

Cynical?

Ms Ussher asked permission to carry out a full refit of her run-down Victorian house in south London.

She is said to have contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of becoming an MP in 2005, despite having already lived at the house for some five years.

Ms Ussher, who was not a minister at the time, wrote: "The basic situation is that this house was relatively cheap to purchase but requires quite a lot of work."

She then listed repairs which she hoped to carry out, including a bathroom which did not "function" and "peeling" walls in the shower room.

On the cover sheet of her printed letter, Ms Ussher scrawled: "I am aware this takes us over our limit - please pay as much as you are able!"

In the end, Ms Ussher received the maximum permitted under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) for 2005-6 - £22,110.

[Nick]

I expect BM would have been happy to fix her bathroom, on his usual terms 

[Barman]

I expect BM would have been happy to fix her bathroom, on his usual terms 

Yes... she wouldn't have got it done for twenty-two grand... 

[Nick]

Only because it would never have been finished

[Barman]

Only because it would never have been finished

[Darwins Selection]

Only because it would never have been finished

[Pastis]

Cynical?

Ms Ussher asked permission to carry out a full refit of her run-down Victorian house in south London.

She is said to have contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of becoming an MP in 2005, despite having already lived at the house for some five years.

Ms Ussher, who was not a minister at the time, wrote: "The basic situation is that this house was relatively cheap to purchase but requires quite a lot of work."

She then listed repairs which she hoped to carry out, including a bathroom which did not "function" and "peeling" walls in the shower room.

On the cover sheet of her printed letter, Ms Ussher scrawled: "I am aware this takes us over our limit - please pay as much as you are able!"

In the end, Ms Ussher received the maximum permitted under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) for 2005-6 - £22,110.

She was a local councillor here a few years back. Career politician through and through; IIRC little or no contribution to the community. 

[Snoopy]

Cynical?

Ms Ussher asked permission to carry out a full refit of her run-down Victorian house in south London.

She is said to have contacted the Commons fees office within 12 months of becoming an MP in 2005, despite having already lived at the house for some five years.

Ms Ussher, who was not a minister at the time, wrote: "The basic situation is that this house was relatively cheap to purchase but requires quite a lot of work."

She then listed repairs which she hoped to carry out, including a bathroom which did not "function" and "peeling" walls in the shower room.

On the cover sheet of her printed letter, Ms Ussher scrawled: "I am aware this takes us over our limit - please pay as much as you are able!"

In the end, Ms Ussher received the maximum permitted under the Additional Costs Allowance (ACA) for 2005-6 - £22,110.

She was a local councillor here a few years back. Career politician through and through; IIRC little or no contribution to the community. 

Let us be frank here shall we? ~ She is a token, a sop to Tony Blair's inclusivity ideals. If she wasn't tinted she would never have got the job.