The expenses scandal

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And while we're at it, I'll point you towards today's Matt:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/matt/

Comments

[gramarye1971]

If I were to be in a position to vote for an MP, I'd certainly be influenced by whether he or she was implicated in the scandal -- amongst other reasons by the fact that he or she was stupid enough to fiddle the figures and get caught. But I'm with nineveh_uk in that I hate the practise of 'punishing' Westminster through local or European elections -- and hate the fact that both the media and the parties themselves look to those elections as thumbs-up or -down for the party in power. (By-elections are a slightly different matter, though I think too much can be made out of those as well depending on the circumstances.)