MP Expenses - I feel really bad now..

[Peter T]

Just got a ticket for doing 37 in a 30 zone!

The long arm of the law generally allows 10% leeway... the unpalatable fact is you were speeding. Sorry, no sympathy - Rob

And I had a good, prove-able reason, but I'll be damned if I'm going to make excuses to that bunch of worthless parasites. I'd rather pay the fine

You appear to have mistaken me for someone looking for sympathy!

 

[RogerS]

You can hear Hazel Blear's latest speech here

 

[RogerS]

HI

that's nothing I got invited to attend a driver awarness course or face a sixty pound fine and three points for doing 38 up a six in one hill not my fault of course it was my car just cant ' keep its self under control , i did give it a good thrashing when i got it home mind , didnt do any good though just hurt my hand ouch oooh .hc :lol: :lol:

Well, at least you were driving the car! Why is it that so many drivers who slavishly follow the speed limit have zero anticipation and/or can't actually drive? If someone wants to drive at the speed limit then fair enough but why is it that they fail to realise that when there is a slight hill, you need to feed in a little bit more gas to maintain a steady speed? Beyond them, it would seem, as the speed bleeds of 50....45....40...35.

And could someone also please tell them that the car manufacturers and tyre manufacturers have spent vast sums of money on making sure that cars can actually go round slight bends in the road quite safely and there is no need for the driver to slow down to the speed of an aardvark with piles?

 

[Anonymous]

Speeding : A short story.

Back in the days when I liked to "Put the Pedal to the Metal" I had a Tortoise and Hare experience.
On a trip from Lowestoft to London via A12 I was held up by a bright green with gold lettering horsebox truck moving at 40-50 mph. After about a mile I was able to overtake the said vehicle and immediately tried to make up time. I was driving a Mondeo 2.5 at the time.
An hour, 30 miles later I pulled into Ipswich services for a toilet stop. As I came out of the toilet block I noticed a bright green with gold lettering horsebox truck drive past .
It seems I had made up a whole two minutes, used an extra gallon of expensive fuel, had an hour of unnessessary stress and probably gambled mine and others lives overtaking. If you know the road you will know what I mean.
I never did catch up with the aforesaid truck.

Koolwabbit

 

[lurker]

Speeding : A short story.

Back in the days when I liked to "Put the Pedal to the Metal" I had a Tortoise and Hare experience.
On a trip from Lowestoft to London via A12 I was held up by a bright green with gold lettering horsebox truck moving at 40-50 mph. After about a mile I was able to overtake the said vehicle and immediately tried to make up time. I was driving a Mondeo 2.5 at the time.
An hour, 30 miles later I pulled into Ipswich services for a toilet stop. As I came out of the toilet block I noticed a bright green with gold lettering horsebox truck drive past .
It seems I had made up a whole two minutes, used an extra gallon of expensive fuel, had an hour of unnessessary stress and probably gambled mine and others lives overtaking. If you know the road you will know what I mean.
I never did catch up with the aforesaid truck.

Koolwabbit

This is sort of why as you get older & have more experiences, you stop racing around like a hothead.
My braking distances are a bit bigger (possibily still breach highway code) than many people like. but the extra time allows me to make better lane change decisions (in heavy traffic) than those who drive close & chop & change. After a few miles I'm usually well in front of the boy racers.

 

[RogerS]

Just looked up my MP (Bill Wiggins) and delighted to see that he's doing his bit.
Over the last seven years that data is available (2001-2008), in the ranking of who has spent the most out of the £24000 available per annum, he has ranked:

Joint 1st - four years
Joint 2nd - once
Joint 3rd - once
unranked - once (maybe he was out of the country for the year).

Having written to him once requesting help and assistance and getting the most patronising letter back in return, guess who will not be getting my vote next time round.

 

[lurker]

With what passes for wit on this forum :lol:

Could we could cook up a reply when these folks come knocking as the door wondering if " I can rely on your support on election day?"

They are all hoping we will have a short memory and /or we will vote along party lines.

 

[Digit]

Keep a crutch handy and when they ask if they can rely on your support tell them yes and hand it to them!

Roy.

 

[Digit]

Bring back Olly!

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you? Is there one vice you do not possess? Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes? Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?

Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors.

In the name of God, go!

Roy.

 

[BMac]

I've been thinking about this issue of who to vote for because there are always going to be politicians so I'm thinking of voting for someone who has never been an MP to let them have the opportunity to screw as much out of the system as possible at least once - that's as democratic as I can be right now but I'm still thinking.

No matter what expenses reforms are introduced the politicians will not lose out and will apply some sort of single allowance or pay increase to maintain their 'income'.

 

[Jenx]

Ok... question .... whats the general thinking on UKIP ?

Viable and deserve a shot ? or complete waste of an 'X' on the paper, come the time to place one ?

I've not bothered even turning up for the last few years.. such is my mistrust of them all... but thats not really the right way to go either...
interested to hear any views... I saw the guy in TV the other day, and he 'talked the talk' reasonably well .... just interested to hear if the great & the good of the forum have any thoughts ?

8)

 

[head clansman]

Hi

anyone tied this www.writetothem.com click on your postcode look up your mp, then look up what they have claim in expenses , you can then e mail them like i did , but i cant repeat it here , so go on then let rip chaps .hc

 

[Digit]

Personally Jenx I follow the line of 'I want to trade with Europe, I don't want to be governed by Europe.'
There's even more fiddling of expenses etc there than here. The EU accounts haven't been signed off because of fraud for years!

Roy.

 

[CNC Paul]

It is high time for me to put an end to your sitting in this place, which you have dishonored by your contempt of all virtue, and defiled by your practice of every vice; ye are a factious crew, and enemies to all good government; ye are a pack of mercenary wretches, and would like Esau sell your country for a mess of pottage, and like Judas betray your God for a few pieces of money.

Is there a single virtue now remaining amongst you?

Is there one vice you do not possess?

Ye have no more religion than my horse; gold is your God; which of you have not barter'd your conscience for bribes?

Is there a man amongst you that has the least care for the good of the Commonwealth?

Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place, and turn'd the Lord's temple into a den of thieves, by your immoral principles and wicked practices?

Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get grievances redress'd, are yourselves gone!

So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. In the name of God, go!"

You sheep people who still vote for these parasites with no honour need to wake up soon or you will be the death of us all. The Establishment care nothing for others, only themselves. They have no ideas. No dreams and no humanity. They are filth.



Come back Oliver Cromwell

 

[Digit]

I posted that earlier today Paul! 8)
And it could have been written today it's so accurate, somethings never change it seems.

Roy.

 

[big soft moose]

Blackadder " any criminal record"
Baldrick "absolutely not"
Blackadder " oh for gods sake baldrick you're going to be an MP , I'll just put fraud and sexual deviancy "

 

[CNC Paul]

Roy,

Sorry I missed your post, I don't mind if they get hung, drawn and quartered 8)


Why do we need 600 MP's ?

 

[Rich]

Roy,

Sorry I missed your post, I don't mind if they get hung, drawn and quartered 8)


Why do we need 600 MP's ?

Why do we need ANY if Brussels is calling the shots?

Rich.

 

[Digit]

The answer to that Paul is the desire that each MP should serve basically the same number of constituents. As the population grew, so did the number of MPs.
Do we need that many today? Possibly not in view of modern communications.
MPs will tell you about their constituency work, which can be considerable or not, personally I think that part of the job could be done better by a full time professional rather than an individual who possibly doesn't even live in the constituency and may well vanish in 4 yrs time.

Roy.

 

[Bassbear81]

Sorry if Im missing something, but why do they need a second home in London. I realise they are there for 2/3days a week there, but why cant they stay in a Travelodge or something.

Or why doesnt the government buy a block of flats and allocate one to each MP while they are in office?