The politicall fallout of the 'greedy' MPs continues.
It has clearly done damage to politics generally within the UK. In my view the Telegraph has done democracy no favours by revealing the expenses scandal at this time, and by the way that they have presented the information.
If we have too many people simply not voting next month then we may end up with long term damage to the UK by allowing extremists and other single issue people into power.
With the exception of any actual frauds that may be discovered, it should be remembered that the vast majority of MPs are only claiming what is allowed by the system in place. The vast majority of MPs are having all of their expense claims checked, approved and signed off by the officials running the expenses system.
Why is their such an emphasis on the monkeys (sorry about this analogy
) when the problem is with the organ grinder!
Those running the system are at fault. They have defined what is acceptable to be claimed for, and what is not allowed. It was the responsibility of the MPS to ensure that they were operating within the system.
How many of us in the real world would actually turn down valid expenses incurred whilst doing our work? I suspect that there would be a lot of fuss if the employer said that they thought that the rules were too generous and that they would only refund a percentage of valid expense claims
.