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Comments on: Entitlements https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/05/22/entitlements/ On-line Opinion Magazine...OK, it's a blog Sun, 24 May 2009 18:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 By: Bryan https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/05/22/entitlements/comment-page-1/#comment-45379 Sun, 24 May 2009 18:15:06 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=9184#comment-45379 I assume that this was implemented to make it possible for MPs from the outlying regions to get a place to live near Parliament that would make it possible for people of limited means to become MPs. Obviously people decided to “game” the system.

I notice that the church leaders are sharing your concerns about backlash, and possible benefits derived from it by the fringe parties, like the BNP.

It is to be hoped that the major parties start policing their own, but I hope this doesn’t mean that help won’t be available for rural MPs who need a flat in London to serve.

Maybe there should be barracks built for out-of-town MPs, to the same standards that lower ranks receive in the Army.

]]> By: jams O'Donnell https://whynow.dumka.us/2009/05/22/entitlements/comment-page-1/#comment-45375 Sun, 24 May 2009 18:01:21 +0000 http://whynow.dumka.us/?p=9184#comment-45375 If Steeen had decided to soldier on and stand again next year, I get the feling that his constituents would dump him with extreme prejudice. MPs incur a lot of legitimate expenses in the course of their duties and a lot are quite entitlled to have second homes in London (not my MP though… I live about 16 miles from Parliament, have good connections to the centre of London, so that idiot can get the tube and train and be home in a bit over an hour instead_)

The expensies claimed by some MPs have been close to fraudulent, if not downright illegal. The European and local elections will see a backlash against the main parties . What I fear is that this will lead to vermin like the BNP getting seats in the European parliament

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