Comments on: Can a film make a difference?

By: John Page

John Page — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:57:03 +0000

Giving them an attendance allowance just for turning up at the office is barking. And meaningless without numbers.

Peter Oborne in this morning’s Mail skewers Brown’s hypocritical record on expenses policy.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1172485/PETER-OBORNE-A-cynical-scheme-hoodwink-voters.html

By: James Ball

James Ball — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:18:11 +0000

On the upside, though Mike, they can only claim that attendance allowance if their constituency is genuinely outside reasonable travelling distance from Westminster – they will at least tighten up that criterion.

By: Mike Law

Mike Law — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:07:43 +0000

My understanding is that the “daily allowance” will be something in the region of £170.00 per day. If a session covers 150 days, that an extra £25,500 that a MP can trouser for doing what? Just turning up for work!

Where’s the application form, I want to sign up.

By: cj

cj — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:56:43 +0000

Heather

Despatches was great – but sadly MPs don’t do shame. This is cynical in so many ways;
timing – smacks of opportunism – especially after dissing Clegg and Cameron’s offer to meet only two weeks ago
content – he is swaping beef gravy for chicken gravy and making it easier to claim
hidden agenda – they will try and scrap publication of expenses in July as some sort of trade off – I have no doubt about it

What about all of the fraud in the past – do we just have to let it go?

On a seperate tack – the video was absolutely awful – he looked like a Les Dawson character I think he was called Cosmo Smallpiece – you may not know him but the name says it all. – and why announce it on You Tube – what’s that all about?

Keep up the good work – you have a lot of support out here.