Was delighted to see that one of the MPs embroiled in the Expenses Scandal has been imprisoned. Fiddling expenses is not some grey area – if you claim something to which you are not entitled – then it is nothing short of theft. In Starfleet you are expected to have itemised receipts for every expense. Any missing receipt has to be justified to your manager – who becomes responsible for your honesty and must reject the expense if there is any doubt. Any case of fraudulent claims is cause for immediate dismissal.
The Gorse Fox sees that there is some move towards easing the regime at Westminster. This should NOT happen – MPs should have to endure the same auditable regime as the rest of us.
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Like you I applaud this conviction. I've always had to account for every penny or forego it, I fail to see why MPs should be any different, after all it's our money they are claiming...
I know they are supposed to be 'answerable' to the electorate, but the reality is that they aren't and it is high time we, the electorate, had more say over what they do and what they impose on the rest of us. We need some kind of 'recall' system or perhaps some sort of electronic referendum system they were compelled to follow.
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