Politian Expenses Row
There could ne nothing worse for a political party than have it s members either accused or suspected as taking their working expenses too far within a recession. With many workers in the UK and the world losing their jobs, it is hard to fathom how can these civil servants who work for the tax payer get away with the huge amount of expenses that they do. The reporting just does not go away and with the Prime minister forcing changes through parliament at lightning speed, you just can’t help thinking he knew what was coming.
The only release of pressure is that the conservatives are not throwing black stuff at them, because ultimately they know they are about to have their own expenses released to the world and they know, they are likely to have similar criticism. For those with an open mind, there is understanding that if you are forced to live away from home to serve the country, you should at lease not be out of pocket and be able to live near where you work and have a responsible lifestyle based on the hours and responsibility a politician would have. After all if you pay monkey nuts, you only get monkeys working for you and although many voters would think that is all they have anyway, most people want quality managers and servers working to make Britain a better place.
But when you see newspaper reports like the one today in the Daily Mail, you do find yourself questioning why anyone could think they could continue to claim for such expenses. Such items mentioned are
Chocolate Santa’s
Packet of Maltesers
Packets of Jaffa Cakes
Potato Peeler
Eyeliner
Piano Tuning
Sanitary Towels claim by male politicians.
Of course some of these claims may not be represented correctly by the press as food items could easily have been a working pack lunch rather than a sitting down lunch, but to the public explanation should be made. Also such claims to deal with a rat infection is being publicised, but why should a politician work in a rat infested home, if the house is the second home for business use.
The media are making a big song and dance about the issue with good reason, but some expenses are likely to be with good reason and so the confidence in the system has to be restored, so we know when unusual items like this are claimed for good reason.