Site Supporter superjohnmcginlay Posted May 7, 2009 Site Supporter Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) Our Prime Minister claimed 6k back for his brother who cleaned his westminster home apperantly http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8039108.stm Edited May 7, 2009 by superjohnmcginlay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyldesley_white Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Our Prime Minister claimed 6k back for his brother who cleaned his westminster home apperantly http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8039108.stm One rule for them and another one for everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted May 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2009 No, they had a cleaner, his brother paid the bill and the PM reimbursed him. I don't understand about one rule for them etc. He's the Prime Minister, should he live in Bongs instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 No, they had a cleaner, his brother paid the bill and the PM reimbursed him. I don't understand about one rule for them etc. He's the Prime Minister, should he live in Bongs instead? Aye Obama must get fuck loads spent on him and his lifestyle and no-one gives a shiney feck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M G WHITES Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 (edited) Our Prime Minister claimed 6k back for his brother who cleaned his westminster home apperantly http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8039108.stm No offence like but it dont make any different to us,the country is fooked just enjoy it best you can Edited May 7, 2009 by M G WHITES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I've just put Sky News on and it looks like the whole expenses thing is going to snowball in the next day or two & there's been a fair bit of pisstaking going on with the MPs. I'm not sure if I heard this right but I think it said Hazel Blears has moved house 3 times in 3 months & claimed each time for new furniture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Magoo Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I've just put Sky News on and it looks like the whole expenses thing is going to snowball in the next day or two & there's been a fair bit of pisstaking going on with the MPs. I'm not sure if I heard this right but I think it said Hazel Blears has moved house 3 times in 3 months & claimed each time for new furniture. Hope she went to Ikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyldesley_white Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 No, they had a cleaner, his brother paid the bill and the PM reimbursed him. I don't understand about one rule for them etc. He's the Prime Minister, should he live in Bongs instead? I had a limited compeny for a time when working away so I could claim my ex's back , they then changes the rules so you basicly had to changes job every 6 months or you ex's would stop, cant see that happending to MP's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leigh white Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 They all piss in the same pot, its a dog eat dog world for us peasants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Carlos Posted May 7, 2009 Moderators Share Posted May 7, 2009 I had a limited compeny for a time when working away so I could claim my ex's back , they then changes the rules so you basicly had to changes job every 6 months or you ex's would stop, cant see that happending to MP's Which country were you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exiledwhite2 Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I've just put Sky News on and it looks like the whole expenses thing is going to snowball in the next day or two & there's been a fair bit of pisstaking going on with the MPs. I'm not sure if I heard this right but I think it said Hazel Blears has moved house 3 times in 3 months & claimed each time for new furniture. Brown has claimed twice for the same plumbing bill too. Can't wait to see what they've been doing. It's morally wrong whatever the excuses are. The 'system' is not there to be played, it's there to compensate them for expenses genuinely incurred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superbobby Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 From Guido Fawkes (The guy who gave us Smeargate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Brown has claimed twice for the same plumbing bill too. Can't wait to see what they've been doing. It's morally wrong whatever the excuses are. The 'system' is not there to be played, it's there to compensate them for expenses genuinely incurred. I have a corporate American Express card. It comes out of my bank account each month, so no receipt, no expenses claim and a smaller bank balance. Yes, it's simplistic compared to them but it works for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Site Supporter Alf Hartigan Posted May 8, 2009 Site Supporter Share Posted May 8, 2009 I really hope they catch one of the fookers out with this. Jack Straw was claiming full council tax back on his second home, despite the fact he got a discount on such second home. Now fair enough, he seems to have spotted the mistake and re-imbursed it accordingly. He could be looking at a prison sentence if he had been caught. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maggie Tate Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 (edited) And when the Tory fiddles have been published, as the media has promised to do, everyone should refuse to pay their council tax, spoil their papers at the election and refuse utterly to participate in any kind of political niff naff of any sort. They're cnts to a man, and it's not sufficient to demand resignations anymore. The idea of democracy is that the public allows politicians to behave in a certain way, not the other way about, and it's time people got off the fcking fence in this country and demonstrated that enough is enough. Edited May 8, 2009 by Maggie Tate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piemon Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I've just put Sky News on and it looks like the whole expenses thing is going to snowball in the next day or two & there's been a fair bit of pisstaking going on with the MPs. I'm not sure if I heard this right but I think it said Hazel Blears has moved house 3 times in 3 months & claimed each time for new furniture. Dont know if Blears did that but our Chancellor old White hair and Black eyebrows claimed for 4 different houses in four years utter utter contemp to the taxpayers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Just had a look at some of their expenses - most claim for food. Why the feck are we paying for their food? Would they not eat if they weren't in London? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_spencer Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Which country were you running? that's the key point he's the leader of our country, why the fuck should he have to sort out cleaning bills and need to pay for a second house etc Obama, sarkosy, Berlesconi etc probably don't have to deal with this kind of shit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 that's the key point he's the leader of our country, why the fuck should he have to sort out cleaning bills and need to pay for a second house etcObama, sarkosy, Berlesconi etc probably don't have to deal with this kind of shit I'm sorry, Frank, but he's no leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 I'm sorry, Frank, but he's no leader you might not likeit, but he is leader of this country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russell Sprout Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 you might not likeit, but he is leader of this country Who gave him that job? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweep Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Who gave him that job? Now there's a question, we were discussing this in the pub the other day. The answer to the question is his party gave him the job, and the party was voted in by the public at the last General Election, as a nation, we trusted them to make the decision on our behalf, that's how it works The point one of my mates tried to make is that "he didn't vote for Brown to be PM" - now that is very true, but by the same token he didn't vote for Blair to be PM either, when he voted in the last general election, he was never actuallyvoting for who should be PM (even though he thought he was), he was voting for the candidate that he thought would best service the constituency that he lives in. He of course didn't understand this, and said, something along the lines of "THat's bollox that, I vote for who I want to be PM" - then again, he does only vote Labour because his dad, grandad etc do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 you might not likeit, but he is leader of this country Not one of nature's leaders, though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no balls Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Not one of nature's leaders, though? I don't like Brown either but BD, from reading your posts, whoever the Labour leader was, you'd say that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickbrown Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 Not one of nature's leaders, though? Like a polar bear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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