[BNM] [OT] Who's MP is the most expensive?

[AndrewGill73@gmail.com]

Actually, I've just looked at Celia Barlow's expenses for 2005-2006 (Labour
MP for Hove and Portslade) - it looks like Celia claimed thousands in bills
for buying a home and then decided to change it to a buy-to-let investment
and commute instead.

So effectively, the tax payer has subsidised her buy-to-let investment.


2009/6/18 Wayne Douglas <wayne at codingvista.com>

> If my perception of what they do is marred it's because of a lack of
> transparency and cloak and daggers inherent in their day to day
> activities.
>
> When I was working in London and had to work late I had to make my own
> arrangements.
>
> I don't need these egotistical, self satisfied, detached from the real
> world, martyrs talking on my behalf in this day and age.
>
> I don't profess to know the political system in any way however - my
> view is this:
>
> They were put there because, back in the day, collecting and analyzing
> the peoples opinion over mundane day to day things from the whole
> population would be impossible - they speak on our behalf to make the
> process work. We can now collate and analyze the voice of the general
> public with e-democracy - they are basically redundant in my view. If
> the gov gets what it wants where everyone has access to the Internet -
> this - to me - makes real sense.
>
> Feel free to correct my view and maybe help me understand where these
> people will fit into the future of democracy.
>
> w://
>
> On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:36 PM, David Pashley<david at davidpashley.com>
> wrote:
> > On Jun 18, 2009 at 12:07, Wayne Douglas praised the llamas by saying:
> >> that's not bad really - bit of a bargain - I mean - they to have a
> >> house in their home town and in landan - because - well who the f*ck
> >> wants to do that horrible commute every day? like - no one _actually_
> >> does that do they? and it's not like you'd want to sit on those
> >> horrible trains with the hoi polloi anyway. jesus h - next stop on
> >> that horrible train of thought is getting in a public taxi and sacking
> >> the chauffeur.
> >
> > Or more likely, they need somewhere to sleep at 2am in the morning when
> > they've finished in the commons and have missed the last train home.
> >>
> >> And they contribute soooooooo much to society - like - well - look at
> >> all the wonderful archetecture that's been opposed and rejected here
> >> in Brighton - all of that stiffling opposition isn't easy you know.
> >> Someone has to stand up for us serfs up there in the landan and make
> >> our voices heard. And they should do it on a breeze of luxury and
> >> wanton consumerism damn it.
> >>
> > You appear to be confusing central government with Brighton and Hove
> > Council.
> >
> >> We should be offering the shirts off our backs to ensure they carry on
> >> this amazing work and not run off to europe where they can insert huge
> >> rubber fists in places they shouldn't.
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Pashley
> > david at davidpashley.com
> > Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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