What will the outcome be, put all these scumbags in prison the expense to the taxpayer does not stop here , more expense of taxpayers money with the investigations , We now want all these wasters OUT< OUT <OUTand some decent honest political people back in . we do not want these wasters running the country Support Inkip Partyfor a complete change . As for the Whining of the W. Wilts Scum James Gray with a salary of 64,766 Pounds per year and last year claiming for 131,894 Pounds expenses and now whining about 60 pounds for wreaths what a shocking mind this man has, get out , we do not want people like you, men have lost their lives and should now be remembered in a thankfull manner.no votes for James Gray the political Vampire.

By B.Tyrell.. Posted June 23 2009 at 9:13 AM.

Well what can we really say abaut what are MPs have been doing,first its agaist the law what most of them have done,so why havent thay been picked up by the police,if we as normal worker did this to are firm,we would of brocken the law,so it must be the same for them,or are thay above the law,or are the police as bad as them,its time for them to pay for stealing from the tax payer.so come on you police out there do your job,and dont let them get away with it.it makes me sick to see how much my mum gets on pension,and she worked every day of her life,and MPs well thay can just steal money as thay feel fit,thay must all be sacked.

By Pete Lowther.. Posted May 27 2009 at 1:33 PM.

What I want is a list of the 'good guys' Some MPs have behaved well They should be cheered on and voted for whatever their party. The rest of them should be removed.

By sue koch.. Posted May 18 2009 at 12:58 AM.

Our politicians have been found out at LAST for the greedy self serving frauds that they are.
What about our MEPS? Haven't they been on the gravy train for years and why aren't we complaining about them?
LETS GET OUT OF EUROPE AND VOTE IN INDEPENDENT MP'S TO SERVE ENGLAND'S INTERESTS. I love Scotland but it doesn't love me so Gordon Brown and others Scots please go serve in your own country.
Public school pals beware because WE KNOW ABOUT YOU.

By Jay.. Posted May 15 2009 at 4:50 PM.

What is going on?

Why don't they move the army accomodation from Catterick which our poor squaddies have to live in to central London, all the MPs will have a room each and there will be no more profitting from us poor tax payers.

Never mind targetting benefit fraud, why not target fraud and corruption in the palace of Westminster.

They should dissolve parliament and do away with parties, give us all independents who will represent us rather than just doing what their crony leaders are telling them to do.

By Adrian.. Posted May 15 2009 at 3:35 PM.

All these MPs that have taken money from us should be taken through our legal system but most of the judges are members of the same club.
I never thought I would see the day that our government could be so curupt. They must all go Brown was not an elected PM and look at the state of Britian I think we can forget about the GREAT.

By Paul Motley.. Posted May 15 2009 at 12:12 PM.

make them pay it back and then fire them all

By jo.. Posted May 15 2009 at 1:28 AM.

We are going to vote for UKIP, OK. We need a
fresh new party and to get out of the EU.

By M. L. Whittle.. Posted May 14 2009 at 8:39 PM.

I just noticed some of these MP's have spent the full amount of 10,000 pounds to kit out a second home, year after year.

Does 10,000 pounds of furniture wear out after one year?

What do they do with their nasty one year old Tax payer funded pieces of Tat?

Give it back? Give it to Constituents? Family members? Charity? Ebay?

By Brian Bunns.. Posted May 14 2009 at 1:42 AM.

NEWS OF THE WORLD.......PLEASE PLEASE START A NATIONWIDE PETITION TO STOP THIS FARSE......

People are being made homeless, can't afford to feed there families or pay bills. What help do we get from the government? No help what so ever.

MP's are not loosing there homes due to the credit crunch, they have second homes - it is the working class taxpayers that are in trouble and we pay for their 2nd homes.
MP's are robbing the poor people of this country.

This is disgusting and the country must make a stand a fight this as a nation.

By Serena.. Posted May 13 2009 at 6:29 PM.

Those who make the rules know exactly how to break them - Clever heh?

Signed the new prospective MP for Lalaland.
PS Only claiming nominal costs for my internet bill while I type this. But of course I purchased a £60,000 outfit which I always wear when typing partly political messages on internet message boards. I feel quite rightly I should claim for this, don't you?

By Mutteroo.. Posted May 12 2009 at 11:25 PM.

MP's appear not to be able to appreciate the spirit of anything, and are devoid of any personal or professional values, or ethics to guide themselves.

When caught with their snouts in the trough, they don't accept responsibility, but blame the system & it's rules...which they created!!...

Members of the Commons are behaving more like the Lords of Old...

By Brian Bunns.. Posted May 12 2009 at 1:29 PM.

If ever this country needed a new political party it is
now

By J.Harland.. Posted May 11 2009 at 5:48 PM.

Come on – give our MPs a break. These are Very Important People.
Without them:- The country’s economy would be a shambles .The National Debt would be frightening. The public sector would be a black hole down which taxpayers money would disappear without any apparent benefit. Our servicemen would be ill equipped to fight. Our OAP’s would be living in poverty. Our jails would be overflowing to such an extent that we’d have to let dangerous criminals out …
That they consort with Bankers and share the view that together they are “Masters of the Universe” is totally understandable. We must learn to forgive them when they fail in such small ways to live up to their own delusions. After all it’s not their fault if somebody else got it wrong. Those of us who are busy building guillotines and gallows simply are too stupid to understand what a complete mess the country would be in without them.

Anybody know where I can find some baskets?

By DontVote.. Posted May 11 2009 at 2:35 PM.

really im lost for words .. this whole system is one big joke .. i hate most mp's there obviously in the job to rake in what they can .. how on earth can they justify these claims .. they cant .. im ready for a revolution im sick an tired like most good hard working people of my intelligence been insulted by these idiots .. they really dont have a clue .. i've done nothing wrong .. it's all in the rules , they claim .. omg .. they have to go along with the whole corrupt system thats called goverment .. and the bloody so called royal family .. there all a bunch of free loaders .. i think they all should pay the money back it's disgusting whats been aloud to happen .. just like the bankers no one has been held responcible for what the've done .. they all should be locked up in quantanimo bay .. im sure they have the wrong people in there .. come on britain wake up .. it's really time for change ..

By jayne.. Posted May 11 2009 at 2:24 PM.

So MPs have been exposed for usurping the system that they created for themselves to make life easier for serving us the people of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Excuses now proffered by all parties are too little and too late. They will not repeat those mistakes again because they have been exposed. Let's build a new system of Politics from the rubble of this war on the expenses game. What made this Country Great was ambition and coherent vision and it is to these sentiments that we the Tax Payer, electorate and employer of these members of parliament must pursue. Why in such a small country do we have so many MP's? Why have they been allowed to manipulate the system? Let's replace the current system and number of MPs by embarking on fewer numbers and a more accountable and open system and not by spending more of our Tax money by establishing quangos:

1. Select MPs for regions e.g. Havering, Hackney, Waltham Forest, City of Manchester etc.

2. Employ more staff to successfully manage this- from the British people not from family or "Old boy Network". This would ensure a surge in the electoral turnout figures.

2. Abolish expenses for homes and enter in to corporate deals with Westminster hotels for MPs to stay in overnight- sharing rooms with colleagues not family/hangers on.

This in turn, would enthuse the employer, us the Tax Payers and electorate and set this country on embarking on a new future for the Greater Good of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

By zaki.. Posted May 11 2009 at 12:59 PM.

Margaret Moran is at it now, using taxpayers money all over the place to quickly refurbish 3 homes!!!

obviously they are all at it, because they know they will be out of work within a month...

VOTE OUT LABOUR NOW.... MORE CORRUPT THAN ANY PAST GOVERNMENT...

THIS PRIME MINISTER WAS NOT EVEN ELECTED TO POWER.. A DISGRACE

By Derek North.. Posted May 11 2009 at 11:18 AM.

Why the government bother to look for a new MP expenses system while civil servants don't get such allowances. Civil servants are simply employed on the salary advertised and most of them are doing a good job for the public. One point to bear in mind that if a civil servant does not like the pay, he could quit the job and look for another one, the same as our 'honourable' MPs. At the same time, self employed cannot claim full sum of expenses as allowable deduction, if the business is based at home. Whenever, an MP was asked about his / her claim, the answer normally was "I did nothing wrong, I claim my expenses according to the rule". The issue is who wrote the rule? If the public is so angry about the expenses claims yet they are within the rule, so it must be something very wrong with the rule. Personally, I think government should acquire property and assign to MPs, if required. The property remain the property of the HM government when the MP was out of office and can be assigned to another MP, upon application.
The present situation reminds me of a quotation of my favourable book : all animals are equal but some are more equal.
I also cannot understand how the government have the gut to ask the police to investigate the leak of the claim details, I think the police should start investigating the duplicate claims and the same property is claimed as second home in the House while in HM Revenue is the main home.

By Dominic.. Posted May 11 2009 at 2:52 AM.

All those politians who have taken advantage of the hard working people of this country ought to hang their heads in shame, but they will not, because they could not care less. They know,
we all have a moan forget about it until the next bit of scandal that gets in the news. We must be the laughing stock of the world.

Other countries protest, why don't we, then perhaps the politians will get the message, that we are not be taken advantage of anymore.

By Joan... Posted May 10 2009 at 11:31 PM.

The bankers started it and now the MP'S are asking for riots on the streets. They will need more than a hotline when it all gets out.

By Andy Hereford.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:42 PM.

I wonder what my employer would say if I expected him to pay for all my expenses on my house ? And pay for a second home so I don't have to commute?? These MP's are very well paid - and they just take more and more. They have guaranteed pensions, claim for everything under the sun. It's not a party political issue - They are all greedy. The best thing at teh next election would be to have all sitting MP's removed, whatever party, and replaced by "real" people

By Luke.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:13 PM.

At the next General Election, June 2010 at the latest, every sitting MP should disclose with their election leaflets, propaganda etc. a list of all expenses claimed for during the current Parliament so that the electorate can assess their integrity and worthiness for re-election.
Methinks that many will opt for retirement on a pension that is the most generous in the Western World.
They have the audacity to criticise Fred Goodwin who after all only acted "within the rules".

By John Lewis.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:22 PM.

The answer is simple - Swedish MPs have to post their monthly expenses on internet. These are rigorously scrutinised by both the public and journalists.

Why should MPs object? Isn't it them who always say 'If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to be afraid of'?

There must be a few hundred honest, hard-working people out there who could put themselves forward for election. There's never been a better time and there's never been more need of such people. Somebody PLEASE create the 'Decent Party' before the next election.

By Graham.. Posted May 10 2009 at 4:37 PM.

I think that all MP's who cannot morally justify their expenses should be deselected now and be replaced by new candidates, in time for next years election. It is no good just changing the rules and letting some of these piggies enjoy a different trough!! It is mainly Labour and Tory MP's who appear to try it on, so why do we put up with our seesaw electoral system. These are other candidates to choose from !

By Rich.. Posted May 10 2009 at 4:28 PM.

these parasities must go we have the power in our votes to rid a ciuntry in recession of these so called public servants ha ha ha people are struggling everyday to keep a roof over there familys heads and feed them and these so called politicians are stealing legally from us from the top down it beggars belief we have euro votes soon we can send the greedy pigs a message then

By tina mcdermott.. Posted May 10 2009 at 4:23 PM.

They make me sick MPs nothing but greddy self serving pigs, Why should they have expenses, be like the rest of us honest hard working people live off the wage you earn. But there lies the problem " us hard working honest people "

By sporty42uk.. Posted May 10 2009 at 3:43 PM.

The government assure us they have enough anti-virus if there is ever a swine flu outbreak, HOW SRE WE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THEM WHEN ALL THEY DO IS LIE

By jeffers.. Posted May 10 2009 at 2:56 PM.

This is an utter disgrace.How dare they think they have the right to fleece us and then claim it is with in the rules.All monies which have been claimed should and must be paid back unless it can be proved it was essential to the job they do,and I dont mean trivial claims such as bath plugs!!
I hope the Police are brought in and consider prosecuting some of the more outrageous claims!
The problem here is how long and how far back does this go,and how long and how far back have we been RIPPED off like this.
It is shameful a betrayal of us all.Some of these MPs have gone to the media and tried to justify their gluttony,thats what makes my blod boil.The talking down their noses cluture to the very people who are being taxed left right and centre (US) is unforgivable!
Politics is now officialy in the gutter if not the sewer!
They should be hauled out of the best club in the world and be horse whipped!

By kevin rouse.. Posted May 10 2009 at 3:04 PM.

It makes me sick seeing a brave man try to raise money for the injured in the forces, if al the expenses were taken from the P.Ms they could biuld reahbilitation centres for the people that fight for this countries freedom from stupid egomaniac people from overseas.
They have never done a deascent days work in there life, i could do what they are doing, and i have'nt got all these degrees and wotnot please change the government, they think they are untouchable just because they are such bigGITS..

By mark roberts.. Posted May 10 2009 at 3:03 PM.

Why not send the expenses for a random number of MPs to an outside agency to be audited and if the claims are false the state should reclaim the total amount with interest and apply this formula to all MPs for the toal term they have served.
Self policing has and never will work.

By Chris James.. Posted May 10 2009 at 1:55 PM.

My husband was laid off 1st May, I received the devestating news that I too may be laid off 8th May. We have paid our taxes and NI, but know we will get no help from anyone. I now have to stomach stories of those in power using MY money to pay for nappies, timber cladding....(you are all aware). None of these expenses are relevant to any MPs job. They took the job knowing they will spend time away from home - I say they should make provision themselves. I could charge on expenses with my job, yes I needed food, so would go to Boots or M&S and get a meal deal, NOT charge a lavish £50 a head meal on myself. Eating a sandwich and having a drink had the same effect on my abilities to do my job than a meal at the Savoy.
We have local elections soon, I say vote with your feet and go for an independant party.
I had trouble with anti social kids, I wrote email after email to our (then) labour council and never even received a reply. When the Independants got in I sent an email, within an hour they had got back to me and sent me further information. The big three parties have become complacent with their position so I am now going to vote Independant and give these lower marketed parties the chance to prove themselves, they work so hard to get the position they will be eager to please. By the way the anti social behaviour has ceased thanks to changes implemented by our new council

By Tracey Eckert.. Posted May 10 2009 at 1:54 PM.

I qoute the book Animal Farm George Orwell

Napoleon the Pig stated

"All animals are equal but some animals are more
equal than others"

This was written in 1945 as a Critic against communism and the greed at the top.

Our MP's have had their greedy Snouts in the
exepenses trough for long enough they should be all kicked out!

By Derek Thompson.. Posted May 10 2009 at 12:01 PM.

Our leading politicians, to whom we are entitled to look for behavioural guidance, have failed to make the distinction between what is legal and what it right. Finding a loophole to do something does not make what is wrong, right. The very act of looking for a loophole is evidence of intent to act amorally. It is no use saying that no rules have been broken, and therefore the behaviour is OK. Those not acting in the spirit of the law, or not capable of making the distinction between right and wrong, have no place in our society, and certainly not as our leaders or representatives in any government.

By martin.. Posted May 10 2009 at 12:06 PM.

I think M.P.s should be given a rise of £26,000
Then all expenses should be stopped
Let them just have a basic salary and stop all this claiming nonsense

By Mick.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:57 AM.

Hmmm, I work 90 hour weeks, earn a fair amount, my tax bill this year was 21K, which I paid honourably, I also live within my means, we as a family receive 10 pounds a month family credit, wherease a friend of a friend gets 250 pounds a month, same amount of children, I also pay CSA 463.00 pounds per month for the last 15-1/2 years, never missed a payment, I think I am toooo honest by half, maybe I should run for MP in next election!!!!!!

By Y Cymro.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:49 AM.

all of them is just the same none of the parties is better than each other.but i think its still bious that the telegraph only release the labour expensive and not the conservatives.that is making me wonder.i will like to hear more about all the party policies

By eleanor.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:40 AM.

were labour running the country when Guy Falks was alive, thats why he wanted to blow paliment up, did he have enough of greedy pigs too?? lol

By laney C.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:25 AM.

the people of this country should demand that a thorough independent police inquiry must be held and these criminal MP's be charged with theft from public funds,

By Dave.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:03 AM.

Bring on the next general election when the electorate will decide to dump these lazy, unprincipled, greedy and thoroughly dishonourable thieves in the political midden unless a bit of retrospective legislation can be brought in to relieve them of all the money they have stolen from the taxpayer.

By Scallywag.. Posted May 10 2009 at 11:00 AM.

Corruption and Fraud. When are the CPS and HMRC going to start and investigation which I expect to see arrests and prison sentences.

By Steve Tea.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:43 AM.

in light of the credit crunch you would think that the people that are in power would want to look after the people of this country and would want to put there money back in instead of take take take it seems the money we pay in is petty cash for them to what they want with.

By paul redman.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:36 AM.

They are lying thieves-the lot of them.They should be means tested and taxed at 40% NOW.They don't seem to want ato spend a penny of their "earnings" -it's claim claim claim.
















mrs_spratt

By mrs_spratt.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:35 AM.

have people got short memories remember the kinnocks how well of they are after doing time as meps see the lap of luxury they liveon, no one queries about them working class they say they are never these two winbags have made a mint out of tax pyers expense

think you welsh voters who to vote for

kiron

By mittrak.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:19 AM.

"We acted within the rules,we acted within the rules" is all we hear...They are the one's who made the rules for God's sake.When will someone have the grace to admit they were wrong?

By J MORRISSEY.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:16 AM.

Parasites!!! Vermins!!! They disgust me. How the hell do we get rid of them?

By Helen Wright.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:42 AM.

Things can only get better, we were told when Labour came to power, Yeah right.
Does Labour work? Next week how to nail a jelly to the ceiling.
Time for Labour to go.

By Lorna Wanstall.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:41 AM.

thay line there own pockets and we pick up the bill nothing changes hopefully we the electorate will have the final say, whot a disgrace ????

By andy.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:49 AM.

yes lets get them out ,but the tories are just as slimy and greedy.dont be fooled by cameron,that lot will do the same too.there must be an alternative.

By m thatcher.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:55 AM.

yes lets get them out ,but the tories are just as slimy and greedy.dont be fooled by cameron,that lot will do the same too.there must be an alternative.

By m thatcher.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:53 AM.

HONOUR AMONG THEIVES ..EVERY ONE OF THEM SHOULD HANG THIER HEADS IN SHAME.IS IT ANY WONDER THIS COUNTRY IS ON ITS KNEES. THE MONEY THEY STOLE FROM US COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO HELP SOLVE HOUSING,POVERTY,PENSIONS, NHS...AND SO MUCH MORE. TO SAY THEY WENT WITH TH RULES IS A "GET OUT " MORALLY FOR THEM. THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH STEALING. SHAME ON YOU

By ellsbells.. Posted May 10 2009 at 10:06 AM.

Do we hear the Tories or Lib Dems shouting out against the government. NO! Because they are just as bad and will do exactly the same if they were to get into power. We are the governments employers. They are in post to ensure justice for us and our needs. We should be making the laws regarding their expences. Not them!!

By Fred Alcroft.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:39 AM.

Does the country REALLY NEED over 600 members of parliament ?
600 ?
The whole of the E U needs fewer.
600 blood suckers ? !
Do we need them ?

By Fred h.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:15 AM.

This is the most corrupt goverment that we have ever had, Blair and Brown fleece the pensioners have brought poverty back to this goverment to line thier pockets.

In respect of flu pandemic it was about a year ago they issued plans to undertakes regardi g a pandemic one wonders if they did start this one

By Duggie.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:20 AM.

Liars cheats and now thieves! Cromwell had the right Idea, something has to be done sack them!

By Kevin Goede.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:28 AM.

I think its terrible. They just think of themselves and not the general Public. They are GREEDY PIGS! They've been screwing their system for years. The country is in a right state and the debt is staggering but that doesn't matter as long as the M.P's are ok.

By T. Coates.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:10 AM.

"Let them eat cake" said Marie Anttionette and the french people had a revolution and put the elite to the guillotine ... unfortunately we cant do that to the cake eating chapgne swilling toffs who run this country but we could take a leaf out of the french peoples book and voice our disgust on masse like they do it works over there the French goverment always back down and give in to the demands unlike the British who moan but do nothing about it and gordon and his cronies know this only to well Nuff said

By paul kaye.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:09 AM.

they are now blaming a system they put in place time the queen and police got involved

By benjimin.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:41 AM.

These MP's disgust me. They are the most devious self centred creatures on the planet. It's time to stand up and not let this carry on any further. They take us for idiots, abuse their positions and do nothing of any use. Their only agenda is what they can get.

By Laurie.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:45 AM.

GET RID OF THE LOT!!! I has always thought that if public oney was spent wisely and not squandered then there would not be such a pressing need to keep increasing taxes! I hope that when there is finally an election that this issue. will not be forgotten

By Rita Thornton.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:50 AM.

The MPs expences claims are disgusting. If they are claiming for groceries, shopping sprees and everything else. What do they use their pay for?

By Juliet.. Posted May 10 2009 at 9:01 AM.

we tell our children to be honest at all times and not to recieve stolen goods drug money and assets get impounded so why in gods name do these so called day light robbers have the cheek to line there pockets at ordinary peoples expence they knew the system was flwed but still kept stealing i will never vote again they are all a bunch of crooks by the way can i have a refundf or the prosthes bra i have just bought cost £37.00 pre cancer sufferer

By janet.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:31 AM.

I THINK ITS DISGUSTING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY MEPS GET. WHY DO THEY GET TO CLAIM ASWELL, IF ANYTHING NEEDS DOING TO THEIR HOUSES OR NEEDS TO BE BOUGHT BUY IT OUT OF THEIR PAY, THEY GET ENOUGH, HOW DARE THEY USE TAXPAYERS MONEY TO BUY TOILET SEATS AND DECORATE THEIR HOMES, THOUGHT THATS WHAY YOUR SALERY WAS FOR. NO-ONE DOES MINE I HAVE TO PAY FOR WHATEVER MYSELF. I COULD DO WITH A JOB LIKE THAT, INSTEAD IM A PENSIONER WHO HAS TO FIGHT FOR EVERYTHING, AND DOSENT GET MUCH. IT NEEDS STOPPING NOW, NOT JUST DISCUSSED.£6,000 FOR A CLEANER, DONT MAKE ME LAUGH. LETS DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. EVERYONE.

By nedwof.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:29 AM.

This crowd don't just have their snouts in the trough, the trotters are in there too.


PHIL PACKER FOR PM - AT LEAST HE WOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE !!!!

By Irene.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:12 AM.

have you got the balls yes well

Go on gord be a labour man and stop all MP,s
perks you may be get a chance of getting back in
and remember but british not german transport buses, police cars, do the right thing

member of the rank and file for 45yrs

By lionel baughen.. Posted May 10 2009 at 8:07 AM.

Question is what is going to be done about it? We moan and groan but that's as far as it goes. They watch us lose our houses, struggle to get by day to day paying bills that they probably don't pay themselves and live like kings and queens. We go on about corruption in other countries when we have it on our own doorsteps. What else has been hidden over the years.

By lorraine.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:37 AM.

This is absolutely disgusting, they may be within their rights but as ever in law you need to take
into consideration the spirit of it also

How quick can we get these greedy self serving ministers out
AND
Can anyone make formal complaints to the police about these people and How....maybe all your readers could bombard them and force them out

By Nova.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:42 AM.

This has all been revealed because of the FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT and the questions raised by NORMAN BAKER ,LIB DEM MP FOR LEWES.

Amazingly,guilty MP's did all they could to EXEMPT MP's from the Freedom of Information Act.

The News of the World need to publish the full list of the MP'S who voted for the failed exemption and circulate the details to the voters in their constituencies so that they can be booted out at the next election.

Conversely,those MP's who accepted that they should be treated in the same manner as us ordinary citizens should have their details circulated to their constituencies so that we can re elect them on the basis of their honesty.

Most employees ,at some time or another ,will have a need to be reimbursed expenses ,even for petty cash...If you fiddle you are out,simple as that and if it only the electorate that can remove dishonest MP's then so be it so start publishing the lists and let US mere voters deliver the final verdict.

By Mike Jackson.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:47 AM.

Liars,Why did we go to war? Cheats on expenses- All parties. I used to be A PROUD Brt, Britain was for me held its head up high for honesty integriity.
-not now pigs in the trough.
Get rid of them whats required is an uprising, a protest march through the streets.
A new meaning to Swine fever.

By Robert Anthony Hornsey.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:58 AM.

As the Labour Parliamentary Candidate for South East Cambridgeshire I am totally disgusted by the whole expenses affair.

Some of the current MP's and Peers have let us down badly.

If elected to Westminster next year all my expenses will go on my website every last penny.

By John Cowan.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:57 AM.

SHAMEFUL - They ought to be disgusted with themselves. All us taxpayers are suffering in the recession and these fools are living the high bloody life.

As for whining James Gray - this man want's stringing up - How dare he go to rememberance ceromonies and lay poppy wreaths and then try and claim the money back, GET HIM OUT

By C Bailey.. Posted May 10 2009 at 7:57 AM.

nothing but a bunch of pigs feeding at a never ending trough....shame ?...you need morals to feel shame greedy greedy pigs

By R beam.. Posted May 10 2009 at 6:52 AM.

"The electorate will have the final say"? NO THEY WILL NOT.

Do not delude yourselves in thinking that the next elected Government will act differently over their expenses claims.

Joe Public counts for NOTHING in this grab, grab, grab world of shifty politicians and mouthy spin merchants.

By Reuben Camara.. Posted May 10 2009 at 6:58 AM.

How oh gods earth can they claim for a second home then sell it and make any profit for themselves ? which pig voted that thru....let us spare a moment to think...yep pinky and perky the expense claiming pigs

By R Beam.. Posted May 10 2009 at 6:55 AM.

take,take,take what can jack in the street do about this,not a thing every mp is at it.we the tax payers work 40+ hours a week some on minimum wage for what? for these people to bleed the system makes your blood boil

By leicesterblue.. Posted May 10 2009 at 6:48 AM.

Just wait until election day.

By Jonathan.. Posted May 10 2009 at 6:24 AM.

Even if they were claiming 'within the rules' surely conscience would tell them it was unfair? What an insult to those of us who pay our taxes......

By John.. Posted May 10 2009 at 5:47 AM.

The electorate will have their say, only to find out in 4 years that the ones they've voted in will also have their snouts in the trough. Twas ever thus

By John Rimmer.. Posted May 10 2009 at 5:26 AM.

they say they cant manage on there salary? haa but expect the man or woman in the street to live off minimum wage there laughing at us. in my eye's its fraud

By steve.. Posted May 10 2009 at 5:14 AM.

tothink that this is the trash that good citizens go and fight wars for,disgusting.

By AGNES & ROBERT.. Posted May 10 2009 at 3:57 AM.

Unfortunately we've become a "we can get" rather than a "we can do" society, until that mentality changes we'll continue heading southwards.

The money grabbing politicians and bankers are just the tip of the iceberg. Thanks to the shining example set by this richer quartile, the income for no effort mentality now runs deep throughout our culture, from politicians to drug dealers, property 'developers', welfare scroungers and beyond too many people see a non-earned income as a divine right.

Even with the best will in the world things will not change in the lifetime of a parliament, it'll take a generation or two to get back to a sustainable economy and break from the self-enfranchisement that paralyses growth and self-development.

By Les Happy.. Posted May 10 2009 at 1:48 AM.

the excuse that they behaved within the rules is getting very tired, they sqaunder tax payers money while our armed services are poorly equipped, poorly housed and if injured recieve paltry amounts of money, shame on them, and I hope those mps who behave above the board call for those who havent to pay back the money or resign, I am sick to the stomach about the abuse of public funds that they seem to think they are entitled to on top of a very generous salary in a time of recession.

By stewart.. Posted May 10 2009 at 12:18 AM.

Shame we have to wait till 2010 for an election; but as most of them have their snouts in the trough what difference will another party make.

By Bill Purcell.. Posted May 9 2009 at 11:39 PM.

JUst when you thought it couldn't get any worse....

By Sian .. Posted May 9 2009 at 11:22 PM.

Sack them all, They are a disgrace

By Vicky.. Posted May 9 2009 at 10:46 PM.

But you cannot confirm the propriety of your claims to the electorate, nor can any of your
political colleagues. The electorate will have the
final say.

By B simpson.. Posted May 9 2009 at 10:43 PM.