MPs expenses 
Why an election might be close(0)
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Two pieces of today’s news lead me to wonder that the time is coming when an election might need to be called.
The first bit of news is that over 300 MPs are going to receive letters from the investigative team looking at expenses. If it is really the case that these MPs are [...]
Are second jobs like second homes
I have copied a blog post below from Douglas Carswell, a really interesting take on the second job MPs issue.
“Ban second jobs!” goes the cry.
Okay. What about the dozens of MPs who have a second job as a government minister? Or as a select committee chairman? Or on the Speaker’s panel of worthies?
These are all [...]
If the speaker goes so must the Leader of the House
Now the initial shock and disgust of the MPs expenses scandal has subsided the blame game has begun.
Not unnaturally the speaker, Michael Martin, has taken the brunt of this criticism, presumably because it was he who pursued the denial of the original Freedom of Information Act to the High Court who in anger through out [...]
Can you defend moats?
Things appear to be getting worse and worse on the fees debacle, but then it was always going to.
I just heard Douglas Hogg telling a reporter that he did not claim for a moat, he merely submitted a schedule for all the costs of maintaining his property and then agreed with the fees office how [...]
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