http://heatherbrooke.org/2009/expenses-u-turn/ Heather Brooke is an award-winning writer, journalist and activist Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:13:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://heatherbrooke.org/2009/expenses-u-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-1770 adrian carter Tue, 12 May 2009 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=612#comment-1770 I live in Anne Cryer's constituency i.e. Keighley. This is a very poor part of the country and a typical ex-textile town with very high unemployment where most local employers pay about the minimum wage. I earn about £8,000 as a small self-employed property renovator and I am one of the lucky ones. I do not understand how somebody purporting to be a socialist and representing me can be so arrogant not to believe people are not interested in her 'expenses' - why the hell can't she buy her own bloody towels or does she think only MPs wash! To most people in Keighley (and me) £18 is a lot of money and they don't have such a sum to squander in such a fashion. Why the hell should the decent people I worked with pay tax on the minimum wage so that MPs can have their vast salaries further boosted by claiming what are NOT expenses. Anne - believe me people are interested in your "expenses" and you are playing into the hands of the BNP who are rapidly gaining support in the area. I live in Anne Cryer’s constituency i.e. Keighley. This is a very poor part of the country and a typical ex-textile town with very high unemployment where most local employers pay about the minimum wage. I earn about £8,000 as a small self-employed property renovator and I am one of the lucky ones. I do not understand how somebody purporting to be a socialist and representing me can be so arrogant not to believe people are not interested in her ‘expenses’ – why the hell can’t she buy her own bloody towels or does she think only MPs wash! To most people in Keighley (and me) £18 is a lot of money and they don’t have such a sum to squander in such a fashion. Why the hell should the decent people I worked with pay tax on the minimum wage so that MPs can have their vast salaries further boosted by claiming what are NOT expenses.
Anne – believe me people are interested in your “expenses” and you are playing into the hands of the BNP who are rapidly gaining support in the area.

]]> http://heatherbrooke.org/2009/expenses-u-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-1769 Linda Sat, 24 Jan 2009 14:05:23 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=612#comment-1769 I was watching an interview that Andrew Neil did with I think it was Anne Cryer Labour MP. Anne Cryer said the public would not be interested in a small claim for around £18 she had just made for a face cloth and towel from John Lewis and was there any need to publish these small claims. Andrew Neil pointed out to her that maybe the public would think they should not be paying for her face cloth and towel. He also said British MP's are very well paid in the European Union with only Italian MP's getting more money. How out of touch can these MP's get? Great work Heather, I expect this fight will go on and on and on! I was watching an interview that Andrew Neil did with I think it was Anne Cryer Labour MP. Anne Cryer said the public would not be interested in a small claim for around £18 she had just made for a face cloth and towel from John Lewis and was there any need to publish these small claims. Andrew Neil pointed out to her that maybe the public would think they should not be paying for her face cloth and towel. He also said British MP’s are very well paid in the European Union with only Italian MP’s getting more money. How out of touch can these MP’s get? Great work Heather, I expect this fight will go on and on and on!

]]> http://heatherbrooke.org/2009/expenses-u-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-1768 Linda Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:36:17 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=612#comment-1768 But do we trust them, Harriet Harman sounds as if she is still working on a way not to make public these expenses. Is it just bravado or can she really be that stupid? They all need to get on with it and then we can all move on. But do we trust them, Harriet Harman sounds as if she is still working on a way not to make public these expenses. Is it just bravado or can she really be that stupid? They all need to get on with it and then we can all move on.

]]> http://heatherbrooke.org/2009/expenses-u-turn/comment-page-1/#comment-1767 Toby Stevens Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:39:31 +0000 http://www.yrtk.org/?p=612#comment-1767 Congratulations Heather - that's in no small part thanks to your unfailing efforts, keep it up! Congratulations Heather – that’s in no small part thanks to your unfailing efforts, keep it up!

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