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Merrick M
Merrick May 11, 2009 15:03:01
Replying to Penske666

"Gordon Brown has said "mistakes" were made by MPs in their use of House of Commons expenses."

I love that. 'Mistakes'. It's the word Nasty Nick used when he was caught cheating on Big Brother.

It's used in the knowledge that it has several meanings. The connotation of errors of judgement and lapses of morality allows them to say they've apologised, but the connotation of accident allows them to appear as if they didn't do their corrupt deeds deliberately.

Still scumpigs, even as they're exposed.

Anyone else notice how the Tories didn't lay in to Brown and co over this? They knew their headline was coming.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mps-expenses/

£2145 to fix a pipe under millionaire banker Oliver Letwin's tennis court.

That's the same Oliver Letwin who is devising the plans for Tory spending cuts when they come to power
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3464348/Oliver-Letwin-drafted-in-to-rescue-George-Osborne.html

G grufty jim
grufty jim May 11, 2009 16:57:20
Replying to Merrick

Merrick wrote:
£2145 to fix a pipe under millionaire banker Oliver Letwin's tennis court.

That's the same Oliver Letwin who is devising the plans for Tory spending cuts when they come to power
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/3464348/Oliver-Letwin-drafted-in-to-rescue-George-Osborne.html

I'm assuming that -- at the very least -- there was actually a tennis court, a pipe, and a repair bill.

Jack Straw, on the other hand, "... claimed for council tax he had never paid, luckily discovering his mistake and repaying the £1,500 only after the High Court ruled that all expenses claims had to be published." (source)

Fucking sickening, isn't it.

EDIT: Oh yeah, and one other thing... why the hell are MPs allowed to claim their taxes back on expenses? That's screwed up way beyond normal political pocket-lining.