Wednesday, Jun 03, 2009
MPs go Large in Property
Telegraph: Departing MPs milked system to the end
"Some of those who resigned or lost marginal seats in 2005 have since made tens of thousands of pounds selling or renting out flats that had been funded by the taxpayer. Other departing MPs passed subsidised properties to their children, while some who had already announced they were stepping down spent thousands of pounds of taxpayers' money furnishing or redecorating homes". "There is now growing pressure on party leaders to agree new rules to prevent retiring MPs profiting from taxpayer-funded properties".
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1. crunchy said...
As in the past to the present
A fly will always stick to fly paper!
2. crunchy said...
The tip of the iceburg as I have said before. A shock horror for some, nothing new or suprising for a "conspiraloon."
That word really winds people up. I wonder why. Go figure!
Back to Main St. Does anyone else smell an election? Ratatouille or Ratification?
Can the young Cameron turn the tides on the evil Crash Gordon, who's sole aim is to crumble Britian into a global state sucker upper
biscuit. Don't miss the next exciting episode of The Sucker and the Mucker....... This episode is not suitable for OAP's or children, and
please do not try these stunts at home.
3. techieman said...
This all reminds me of the "The Ring of Gyges" - the question is were MPs always corrupt or where they corrupted by the office? If the latter then its explained by plato...
4. 51ck-6-51x said...
techieman
- yes I think it was the latter - moral hazard, however they were not even invisible, just in the shadows!
5. techieman said...
aha - but their cloaking device was unmasked by the Federation ship telegraph. Perhaps they wont "klingon" for much longer. ;-).