One of the biggest stories in the UK right now is how MP's have been claiming expenses over three times in value to their actual wage. For instance many MP's on wages of around £50,000 have been claiming nearly £200,000 in expenses every year. This includes a new £150 bonus for MP's turning up to work every day.
This itself particularly amuses me, especially when i look back to a TV interview I caught,
MP: What the public doesn't understand is the absolute need for MP's to arrive on time, every time
Interviewer: So being an MP is kind of like having a Job?
Infact one of the major expenses qualms has been abuse of the second home payments to MPs, infact many have called for the system to be scrapped all together, after all in many other jobs you have to move to accommodate your role, and pay for your own accommodation.
Of course, the disparity around second home claims really comes to nothing when compared to some of the other 'job related expenses' that have been incurred by the people meant to be leading our country.
Take for instance, a claim for a moat, very job related, porn, stylish granite work tops and a huge number of generic house repairs.
All in all I am looking forward to seeing our politician's suffer as
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