The right wing press
are making out that £45 - 160k goes straight into the pockets of the MPs. In some cases they were milking it for all it's worth. But not in all cases.

My MP claimed £80k or so for staff. That didn't go in her pocket, it went into a few office workers pockets and kept them in jobs.

It's like saying smug, grinning, punchable-faced council leader Carl Minns claimed £300m, when in reality he has to run Hull Council with it.
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Tue 19 May 2009, 11:09, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

300m a year to look after Hull?!
I suppose it's quite expensive these days, what with the cost of gas for the fires, the shortage of tar for the pits and the lawyers queuing up to plead that eternal damnation is against our human rights...

/fetches cloak
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Tue 19 May 2009, 11:13, Reply)

And what about the outdoor lavatories?
EH????
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Tue 19 May 2009, 11:33, Reply)

Aw, do they lock them these days?
The bastards... ;-)
(MrOli is ugly, but in the morning you will be sober, Tue 19 May 2009, 11:58, Reply)