tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80857772011-08-15T11:42:11.087-07:00houseofcommonsbloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06699095511004839198noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8085777.post-1094460476065727382004-09-06T01:39:00.000-07:002004-09-06T01:47:56.066-07:00

http://bill.verity-networks.com/ext/recess/recess.php This is a link to the website, Recess Monkey. This monkey guy is usually a bit of a flake, he's a New Labour wannabe MP who's so loyal to the cult of Blair, he makes your stomach turn. Even so, he has written a decent piece about a Tory MP who has been taking Americans on Tours on the Palace of Westminster for £800 each. This is the kind of

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All MPs except those who represent inner London seats are entitled to an allowance for accommodation in london. Theoretically, an MP could use this for paying rent or hotel bills but most use it to pay off a mortgage for a Central London apartment. I don't know how much this allowance comes to but a reasonable guess would be about £15,000 a year. If 600 MPs use this allowance, that comes to a £9m

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So we don't have state funding of political parties in this country? Alright, so there's the £5m or so that goes to opposition parties in Short money but other than that... BOLLOCKS Loads of MPs abuse their expenses for political purposes. http://dear-john.blogspot.com/ for example. I don't know who he is or who he works for but his MP has him sending out thousands of newsletters to constituents

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Right - first I have to admit I'm not the defunct parliamentary blogger - I'm a new one. I don't even know who was the old one so I can't even ask if I can pinch his old site. For what its worth, I'm tipping my hat in your direction and hope you don't mind. I'm writing this in part out of boredom and partly because there seem to be a lot of people out there who see working in politics as a kind

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