expenses – Dr Rob Spence

They Still Don’t Get It

March 22, 2010By Rob Spence • Posted in Uncategorized Tags: – byers, expenses, lobbying, madness, Politics • No Comments

Ex-minister Stephen Byers is caught out demanding £5,000 a day – a day!- for securing access to government ministers and influencing policy on behalf of clients. Other friends of Tony are similarly caught bang to rights prostituting themselves for fat fees. Can anything illustrate better the moral bankruptcy of the political class in this country… Continue reading They Still Don’t Get It

They just don’t get it

May 8, 2009By Rob Spence • Posted in Uncategorized Tags: – expenses, Matthew Taylor, MPs, snouts in the trough • 2 Comments

The trickle of stories about the way MPs abuse the expenses system is now a flood. What’s noticeable is the entirely predictable excuse that all of them offer- we didn’t break any rules. They are so removed from the ordinary lives of their constituents that they can’t see that’s not the point. The rules (made… Continue reading They just don’t get it

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They Still Don’t Get It

They just don’t get it