Why I won't be voting today

For the first time ever I have decided not to bother casting a vote in the elections today.Why? Well to be honest it seems that the news is so full of corrupt and deceitful MP's that I have come to the decision that not one sorry one of them is worth me making an effort to bother to put an "X" in any of their boxes.

Someone I told at work today was horrified that I had come to this decision. "People have died in the past for you to have the right to vote"they said.I thought for some time and then told them "No,people died so that I could also have the right to decide NOT to vote", and for that reason, my conscience is clear

Suggestion of how to abolish MP's second home problem.

Whilst having a quiet moment today...and i don't get many of those!.......i spent some time thinking about how we (the general public) could avoid having to pay a shed load of cash out to hundreds of MP's (ministerial parasites), and all of a sudden it came to me :-).

It would utilise facilities that already exist, all we have to do is get one over to London (the Thames is so ideally situated for this purpose....so close to the houses of parliament that travel costs from work to residence would also be vastly reduced )

Anyway, without further adoo...follow this link to see the details of my master plan, just needs a lick of paint perhaps, but i am sure that lots of MP#s would feel most at home there, and TBH a lot of them should be there anyway.......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6072454.stm

:-)

Greedy politicians,corrupt system...but hey, it's all legal.....just highly immoral !

Time for my traditional whinge again I'm afraid, and boy is this subject getting on my nerves !.
Its in relation to the latest revelation about the claims that our trusty MP's (Members of Parliament) are making for such essential items as TV's,DVD's, new beds and such like.
Just caught a glimpse of the news and they report that Hazel Blears has played quite a smart little earner when she got the taxpayer to stump up several hundred quid a month for her mortgage, then sold the property and pocketed £45'000 profit !....nice.Especially as in the current climate thousands of folk are currently struggling to pay for the mortgage on their one and only home, and would be so happy to find that their hard earned taxes are being frittered away and given to these selfish, self gratifying gobshites (it's a father Ted phrase!) who are currently telling us all to tighten our belts and watch our spending......sweet !

Q: What allowances are MPs allowed to claim?
A: On top of an annual salary of £63,291, MPs are entitled to claim for a range of things including staffing, IT equipment, travel, pension provision, communications and housing.

Here are a couple of examples of "legalised fraud",the stuff that your tax pays for..............

A SENIOR Labour peer has been criticised after he claimed nearly £45,000 in overnight expenses to stay in a property he inherited from his late mother.

Welsh Secretary Paul Murphy claimed over £3,000 on expenses to fit a new boiler because he believed his water was "too hot", it is reported.

Minister Hazel Blears claimed for three homes in one year and spent nearly £5,000 on furniture in three months.A spokesman for Ms Blears said she had done nothing wrong and the furnishings she had bought were "reasonable".

"Hazel is honest as the day is long," said the spokesman before excusing himself and pointing out the fact that Ms Blears had been at work all day "and we know what is like to work for 25 hours without a break" he added !

And here is a link to the Guardian Website that will really cheer you up!............

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/mps-expenses

Anyway,as long as it's legal, who cares about it being immoral ? :-)