Their like a bunch of Parrots

One news items continues to dominate some, no wait scratch that all of the news outlets here in the UK and that is the outcry over MP's expenses. The Mp's defence seems to be to do a very good impression of a flock of parrots and repeat over and over that they have done anything wrong and it's all with in the rules. They don't able or willing to get that people aren't accusing them of doing anything which wasn't in the rules they have a problem with the rules themselves.

Take the example of a local MP in Leicester. In one year he claimed £16,000 on expenses for his home in Leicester which also included £200 a month maintence costs and £200 a month for a cleaner. He then had a second 'home' which was flat in London which was only 12 miles away from a £1.5 million pound mansion where his wife lives. Now all of these expenses were with in the rules, as he took great pains to point out whilst scuttling away from the media.

Of course this just seems to be the tip of the iceberg and revelations seem to be spilling out on a almost daily rate much to the delight of the opposition parties. Now I don't expect in the slightist that their Mp's will come out much better but people will probably stay firmly fixed on the government. The opposition can smell blood in the water and their going all out.

One of the funnist quotes of the day was from one MP who claimed that the paper who got hold of these leaked expenses and published them early was damaging democracy by not waiting until the official release of these expenses. I was always under the impression that having a free and open media was a example of democracy and if you had a media which only did what the goverment wanted that was a sign of something else.

Now usually I'm not vindictive, but I have to admit I'm really enjoying this as after having years of tax rises and fuel duty rises it's good to see the Mp's squirm whilst trying to justify the obscene amounts of money they have been claiming. £9000 for a kitchen? £6000 for a cleaner. I'd rather you didn't do that with my taxes mate. Learn to clean your own house like the rest of us.

Loughborough was very quiet today which was surprising. It wasn't bad weather and as far as I'm aware nothing was on sporting wise. It was just very quiet.

Primeval was godo this evening. It might have finally started to find it's feet. There was some good banter " I'm in hell. No your actually in London but it's a easy mistake to make" , the storyline was actually quite clever and used the shows mythology well, the characters actually thought things through for once and the ARC the only top secret government installation in the world with a worse security record then CTU from 24 did not get invaded.

Anyway,

Later folks!