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I'm not in the habit at all of trying to make it difficult for MPs to get on, but at the same time it just feels like they're given too much free reign over their expenses account. It's effectively giving them two salaries.
They're not backpackers...
You try working a ten hour day (despite the slurs not an unusual working day for a backbench MP - Ministers may be working even longer) and you may want to come home to something a bit less impersonal than a hotel - especially if you are succesful you may be there twenty years (or more)
No, they have a residence in London.
It's not a difficult concept to grasp.
But isn't that the crux. Wants vs. needs. If they want a house, they get a massive salary, they could afford another mortgage. If they need to stay in london, make some posh residential compound for them. They could be large flats, not just hotel rooms. Kitchen, dining room, two bedroom etc. - it's surely less frivolous than a 5 bedroom townhouse each?
thesite P&D - always ahead of the game...
NB No apologies from dragging up an dead thread, cos I'm a newbie. I was looking at the last few things I'd posted on and could see the humour in this...
*awaits Dude. Thread. Dead. comments*
Dude - thread is deader than bambi's Mum:thumb:
Have to say that she was very tasty too. Washed her down with a nice Rioja, if memory serves...