louisiana Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Fabulous local MP is driving forward a measure to conceal MPs' expenses (i.e. to conceal that certain MP's fund pergolas and so forth at taxpayers' expense):http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jan/16/mps-expenses-exemptionSee this Facebook page (if you are a Facebooker) to find out more:http://www.mysociety.org/2009/01/17/6-days-to-stop-mps-concealing-their-expenses/or check out what the good folks at MySociety have posted on the issue:http://www.mysociety.org/2009/01/17/6-days-to-stop-mps-concealing-their-expenses/I'm all in favour of appropriate money being spent on things that are necessary to enable our representatives to do their jobs (in other words I'm not one of these obsessive 'small government' people) but I think there should be transparency to stop abuse.Please do join the fray (e.g. write to your MP) if you agree. There's plenty of help around to help you e.g. Write To Them. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee quinnie Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Is it just me, or does anyone else translate MP as both Mockney Piers and Michael Palaelogus before they think of Member of Parliament?Sorry! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159358 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeckhamRose Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Ah the ol' John Lewis list.Of course they should come clean; it's our money they're spending.I shall write my letter. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159359 Share on other sites More sharing options...
???? Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Do these people really no utnderstand why voting is fallng and people are so disengaeged with politics? Bring back Guy Fawkes...self serving, egoistical, hypocritical twats....I hate them Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Palaeologus Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Which people? Mockers, Me or the Members of Parliament? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 What ???? said.How many people vote because they really believe in a particular party, and how many of us actually vote just to keep a particular party out, in a kind of "best of a really shite bunch" kind of way? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
indiepanda Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I can't say as there is any political party who represents my views if you go by their policies. Some parties do to some extent but no one enough that I really feel happy about voting for them. And then of course they rarely stick to their policies anyway if it suits them to do otherwise.I think you get some people in politics who are genuinely there because they believe in what they stand for, but an awful lot of them just seem to be there because they love the power, forgetting they are meant to be there to serve us.I still can't believe they are allowed to vote for their own pay increases. Surely it should be pegged in line with the average earnings index or some other objective measure - like average public sector pay award for example. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159637 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 The problem with this forum is, that the users are so well informed and are able to bring the obnoxious behaviour of our politicians right in your face so that I end up angrrrrry and upset by their bare faced, thick skinned, brass necked......bunch of conniving...no good.......A Limited company which makes profit has to produce accounts for all to see, and yet they go spending this money without any accounting to anyone.The damned sauce, I'm fuming. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/4951-mp-expenses-harriet-harman-does-the-dirty/#findComment-159804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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