tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post2328682510526887966..comments2023-08-20T11:07:28.396+01:00Comments on Freeborn John: Blame Thatcher, part 362,673,456Peter Risdonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-36750640226671949002009-05-17T16:55:00.000+01:002009-05-17T16:55:00.000+01:00Only the very best of the profession with which MP...<I>Only the very best of the profession with which MPs might sensibly be compared earn £1,000 a night, and they generally have to split their fee with the agency.</I>I think that's grossly unfair -- most prostitutes don't steal from their customers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-45089351643384976782009-05-15T13:36:00.000+01:002009-05-15T13:36:00.000+01:00"Only the very best of the profession with which M...<I>"Only the very best of the profession with which MPs might sensibly be compared earn £1,000 a night, and they generally have to split their fee with the agency."</I> <br /><br />Plus, if they are caught scamming their 'agency', isn't the usual punishment a swift and brutal application of the pimp hand..?JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-90317032758847189872009-05-15T11:43:00.000+01:002009-05-15T11:43:00.000+01:00There should be an expenses system; that isn't the...There <I>should</I> be an expenses system; that isn't the problem.<br /><br />The problem is twofold:<br /><br />1. MPs set different rules for themselves to the rest of the population. If the Revenue wouldn't accept an expense in my accounts then it should not be available to MPs.<br /><br />2. Even with greater scope for claiming, they've been scamming and skimming.Peter Risdonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17792275403997179926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12471112.post-34665878903205436632009-05-15T11:38:00.000+01:002009-05-15T11:38:00.000+01:00To be fair, the expenses system was introduced und...To be fair, the expenses system was introduced under Thatcher, but this does not excuse Labour from not having done anything about it since 1997.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.com