Uinneag
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Showed the lying cheating expense's scum up
onyack
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They are all at it
In the 2007/08 financial year, Alex Salmond voted on only six days in the Commons but claimed £1,751.50 for food, or more than a third of the maximum allowed for the entire 12 months.
In the 2007/08 financial year, Alex Salmond voted on only six days in the Commons but claimed £1,751.50 for food, or more than a third of the maximum allowed for the entire 12 months.
wully
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Boon
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Pies are feckin expensive in lunnon ................
R1200GSA
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Hope the Met get right in about these fraudsters.
garfield
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Uinneag
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Oonyack's gone quiet.....
Ah wis in ma bed
He's a big bloke
Anyway if he gets us independance we'll give him gold plated deep fried mars bars for tea
onyack
Anyway if he gets us independance we'll give him gold plated deep fried mars bars for tea
If a collection will help speed things-up a bit, I'm in for a few quid.
Hope the Met get right in about these fraudsters.
...Too bloody right.
If any one of us normal folk had put if expenses like that, we would've been given our P45......
Uinneag
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If a collection will help speed things-up a bit, I'm in for a few quid.
I'll even gie ye a sub
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...Too bloody right.
If any one of us normal folk had put if expenses like that, we would've been given our P45......
FFS Richard, when did you become "normal"?
If any one of us normal folk had put in expenses like that, we would've been given our P45......
Putting in an exaggerated and inappropriate claim is one thing.
But someone in the Westminster Administration actually approved and paid these bizarre claims without checking the facts.
It seems that the culture of "anything goes" has evolved over the years and the Honourable Members, from all parties, have been milking the system with no questions asked. I wonder how many of us would have done the same given that it was considered OK because it was "the norm" ?
Avoiding Capital Gains Tax on second homes isn't unique to MPs. Any one of us, if we had a second property, could nominate the one we intend to sell as the Primary Residence.
Its a PITA to comply with all the conditions which is why we don't (usually) do it. MPs, however, have the best tax avoidance advice going and probably an Administration Team to take care of the small print
Personally, I can't get very worked-up about the expenses issue.
Its very expensive to be an MP as its practically essential to have a home near Westminster as well as one in the constituency, plus to do the job properly requires an Admin Team. I'm happy for the country to pick up the tab (within reason), otherwise we are in danger of limiting Parliamentary Candidates to those who can afford the cost of representing the people from a private income, or worse, from some Corporate Sponsorship.
Do we really want that ?
Some of the reported claims are OTT though.
Bob.
Phil Clarke
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SNP don't diddle their expenses they just get back handers from rich american business tycoons who want to build golf courses...
Hebby
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Putting in an exaggerated and inappropriate claim is one thing.
But someone in the Westminster Administration actually approved and paid these bizarre claims without checking the facts.
It seems that the culture of "anything goes" has evolved over the years and the Honourable Members, from all parties, have been milking the system with no questions asked. I wonder how many of us would have done the same given that it was considered OK because it was "the norm" ?
Avoiding Capital Gains Tax on second homes isn't unique to MPs. Any one of us, if we had a second property, could nominate the one we intend to sell as the Primary Residence.
Its a PITA to comply with all the conditions which is why we don't (usually) do it. MPs, however, have the best tax avoidance advice going and probably an Administration Team to take care of the small print
Personally, I can't get very worked-up about the expenses issue.
Its very expensive to be an MP as its practically essential to have a home near Westminster as well as one in the constituency, plus to do the job properly requires an Admin Team. I'm happy for the country to pick up the tab (within reason), otherwise we are in danger of limiting Parliamentary Candidates to those who can afford the cost of representing the people from a private income, or worse, from some Corporate Sponsorship.
Do we really want that ?
Some of the reported claims are OTT though.
Bob.
That man speaks a lot of sense
Yodagoat
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Aren't SNP anti nuclear?
They'd probably want windmills up everywhere
They'd probably want windmills up everywhere
Klanky
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Aren't SNP anti nuclear?
They'd probably want windmills up everywhere
Too late, already got the windymills.
We're probably one of the few areas of Scotland that would welcome a new nuclear plant.
Anyway, it's still LibDem up here. Although SNP came a close second.
My guess is a lot of (rightly) pished off Labourites jumped ship onto the good ship SNP.
I quite like fat 'Eck Salmond, he always comes across as an affable bloke who talks (reasonably) straight...though I'm not convinced 100% independance is financially workable - or the right move for Scotland.
Hebby
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