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Tag Archives: MP’s expenses
MPs with safe seats are more likely to be corrupt
According to some research by Mark Thompson, it turns out that the safer an MP’s seat, the more likely they are to be involved in the expenses scandal: So there you have it, about as near as you’re going to … Continue reading
MPs’ expenses: a call to action
I’m angry that MPs have been defrauding the public by using their expenses as an unofficial second salary. Most of you are probably angry too. Anger can be useful if it inpsires people to effective action. But if it doesn’t, … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, censorship, politics
Tagged expenses scandal, MP's expenses, political reform, recall elections, voting systems
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Another trougher bites the dust…
Tory MP Anthony Steen has announced that he won’t be standing at the next election: Anthony Steen has confirmed that he is standing down at the next general election. Speaking exclusively to ConservativeHome, he said: “The real issue is who … Continue reading
Cameron talks bollocks on MPs’ expenses
Gordon Brown is not the only one talking shite about MPs’ expenses. David Cameron’s at it too: Mr Cameron said only a general election could resolve the “paralysis” in the political system which had been sparked by the disclosures over … Continue reading
Brown talks bollocks on reform of MPs’ expenses
Gordon Brown thinks MPs expenses should be reviewed by an independent body. Raedwald explains why this is nonsense: Let’s be clear. In a democracy, there’s no such thing as an ‘independent’ regulatory bureaucratic body; such an organisation will always be … Continue reading
Charter 2009
Matthew Cain suggests a 9 point charter to take the sleaze out of politics: 1. A re-open nominations box on all ballot papers If this is to be meaningful it needs to matter. I suggest that if RON gets more … Continue reading
Housing policy and the expenses scandal
(This article develops ideas in an earlier article linking the parliamentary expenses scandal with the benefit system.) Some people might think that the parliamentary expenses scandal is a sideshow, and not relevant to the good administration of the country. “What … Continue reading
Posted in Britain, economics, housing, politics, society, Uncategorized
Tagged container housing, corruption, housing, MP's expenses
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A cultural scandal
Blood and Treasure is not impressed by what MPs have been claiming expenses for: Has it occurred to you that through this whole series of revelations, MPs have claimed for Christmas decorations and bath plugs and their husbands have claimed … Continue reading
How MPs fiddle their expenses
According to the Daily Telegraph, here is how MPs fiddle their expenses (via Devil’s Kitchen): 1. ‘Flipping’ their addresses: MP nominates London property as “second” home, charges the taxpayer for furniture and refurbishment, then nominates constituency home so they can … Continue reading
Government backs down over MPs expenses
Further to this, Gordon Brown has done a U-turn: The government has shelved plans to hold a vote on controversial proposals to restrict the amount of information published about MPs’ expenses. No 10 had insisted it would hold a vote … Continue reading
Amused Cynicism 