Comments on: MPs Screwing The Taxpayer Awards 2009 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/ Daily views on British politics and the Conservative Party from a centre-right thinker who writes letters on his blog to politicians, journalists and many others. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:38:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave P http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8414 Dave P Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:41:00 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8414 Hmm... £220,000 here, £120,000 there... it's still a far cry from some of the executive pay we're told is necessary to secure the kind of business appointees who've made such a success of the international economy. It's peanuts, isn't it? And you don't distinguish between those who spent it on legitimate parliamentary work and those who milk the system. The real issue isn't what they pocket, but what they do in return. One imbecilic war and an unpopular regressive tax hike - both from not examining what was put in front of them - suggest that most don't do enough. It's the lackadaisical lobby-fodder who need naming & shaming, not merely those who may give a proper return at higher cost. Blair's fair game, though.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8414','Dave P'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8414','Dave P','Hmm... £220,000 here, £120,000 there... it\'s still a far cry from some of the executive pay we\'re told is necessary to secure the kind of business appointees who\'ve made such a success of the international economy. It\'s peanuts, isn\'t it? And you don\'t distinguish between those who spent it on legitimate parliamentary work and those who milk the system. The real issue isn\'t what they pocket, but what they do in return. One imbecilic war and an unpopular regressive tax hike - both from not examining what was put in front of them - suggest that most don\'t do enough. It\'s the lackadaisical lobby-fodder who need naming & shaming, not merely those who may give a proper return at higher cost. \r\n\r\nBlair\'s fair game, though.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Hmm… £220,000 here, £120,000 there… it’s still a far cry from some of the executive pay we’re told is necessary to secure the kind of business appointees who’ve made such a success of the international economy. It’s peanuts, isn’t it? And you don’t distinguish between those who spent it on legitimate parliamentary work and those who milk the system. The real issue isn’t what they pocket, but what they do in return. One imbecilic war and an unpopular regressive tax hike – both from not examining what was put in front of them – suggest that most don’t do enough. It’s the lackadaisical lobby-fodder who need naming & shaming, not merely those who may give a proper return at higher cost.

Blair’s fair game, though.

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]]> By: Roger Whitfield http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8314 Roger Whitfield Wed, 01 Apr 2009 06:26:36 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8314 Thank you for bringing a little humour to this serious subject; all joking apart though, these awards show just how far the gulf is between what our politicians think is acceptable, and what we think is acceptable. It's time to change the way things work in Westminster!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8314','Roger Whitfield'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8314','Roger Whitfield','Thank you for bringing a little humour to this serious subject; all joking apart though, these awards show just how far the gulf is between what our politicians think is acceptable, and what we think is acceptable.\r\n\r\nIt\'s time to change the way things work in Westminster!'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Thank you for bringing a little humour to this serious subject; all joking apart though, these awards show just how far the gulf is between what our politicians think is acceptable, and what we think is acceptable.

It’s time to change the way things work in Westminster!

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]]> By: …….well, it would be rude not to. « And there was me thinking……….. http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8310 …….well, it would be rude not to. « And there was me thinking……….. Tue, 31 Mar 2009 19:55:25 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8310 [...] Posted in Angrystuff, Arse Biting, FUCK OFF, Funnystuff, Genius, Gordo, Ickle Piggies, WTF! at 7:55 pm by mummylonglegs Via DK I came across this wonderful Nugget at Letters from a Tory. [...]<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8310','…….well, it would be rude not to. « And there was me thinking………..'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8310','…….well, it would be rude not to. « And there was me thinking………..','[...] Posted in Angrystuff, Arse Biting, FUCK OFF, Funnystuff, Genius, Gordo, Ickle Piggies, WTF! at 7:55 pm by mummylonglegs Via DK I came across this wonderful Nugget at Letters from a Tory. [...]'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> [...] Posted in Angrystuff, Arse Biting, FUCK OFF, Funnystuff, Genius, Gordo, Ickle Piggies, WTF! at 7:55 pm by mummylonglegs Via DK I came across this wonderful Nugget at Letters from a Tory. [...]
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]]> By: James Mac http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8309 James Mac Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:40:51 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8309 There are no direct flights from London to the Western Isles which will explain Angus MacNeil's figures. It would require a flight to Glasgow and then a connecting flight to the Western Isles. Often those to the Western Isles can be as much as the London-Glasgow flight. The DUP would just have to take a shuttle flight to Northern Ireland and then drive.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8309','James Mac'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8309','James Mac','There are no direct flights from London to the Western Isles which will explain Angus MacNeil\'s figures. It would require a flight to Glasgow and then a connecting flight to the Western Isles. Often those to the Western Isles can be as much as the London-Glasgow flight.\r\n\r\nThe DUP would just have to take a shuttle flight to Northern Ireland and then drive.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> There are no direct flights from London to the Western Isles which will explain Angus MacNeil’s figures. It would require a flight to Glasgow and then a connecting flight to the Western Isles. Often those to the Western Isles can be as much as the London-Glasgow flight.

The DUP would just have to take a shuttle flight to Northern Ireland and then drive.

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]]> By: LFAT http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8308 LFAT Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:01:10 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8308 Nice one, Chunters. Bill, I don't need mental images like that as I come off my lunch break, thank you very much. I know you get subsidised food and a three day week but the rest of us have to focus on work once in a while.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8308','LFAT'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8308','LFAT','Nice one, Chunters.\n\nBill, I don\'t need mental images like that as I come off my lunch break, thank you very much. I know you get subsidised food and a three day week but the rest of us have to focus on work once in a while.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Nice one, Chunters.

Bill, I don’t need mental images like that as I come off my lunch break, thank you very much. I know you get subsidised food and a three day week but the rest of us have to focus on work once in a while.

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]]> By: Bill Quango MP http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8306 Bill Quango MP Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:47:31 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8306 <b>@ Shaun Pilkington</b>: Everything in moderation. You should see Dawn Butler's boudoir. Very heavy Arabian Knights theme going on in there. That's why I don't feature in the top 50. Keep out of the limelight, that's the Quango way.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8306','Bill Quango MP'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8306','Bill Quango MP','<b>@ Shaun Pilkington<\/b>:\r\nEverything in moderation. \r\nYou should see Dawn Butler\'s boudoir. Very heavy Arabian Knights theme going on in there.\r\n\r\nThat\'s why I don\'t feature in the top 50.\r\nKeep out of the limelight, that\'s the Quango way.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> @ Shaun Pilkington:
Everything in moderation.
You should see Dawn Butler’s boudoir. Very heavy Arabian Knights theme going on in there.

That’s why I don’t feature in the top 50.
Keep out of the limelight, that’s the Quango way.

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]]> By: Chunters http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8305 Chunters Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:39:27 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8305 Five Surgeons are discussing the types of people they like to operate on.

The first surgeon says: I like to see accountants on my operating Table
because when I open them up, everything inside is numbered.

The second responds: ‘Yeah, but you should try Electricians!
Everything inside them is colour-coded.
The third surgeon says: ‘No, I really think librarians are the best;
Everything inside them is in alphabetical order.
The fourth surgeon chimes in: ‘You know, I like construction Workers…….
those guys always understand when you have a few parts left over.
But the fifth surgeon shut them all up when he observed:
‘You’re all wrong. Politicians are the easiest to operate on.
There’s no guts, no heart, no balls, no brains and no spine. Plus, the head and the ass are interchangeable

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]]> By: Shaun Pilkington http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8304 Shaun Pilkington Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:25:47 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8304 <em>gold plated Lalique bathroom taps</em> Peasant. Even <a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-i-sat-on-saddams-throne-and-surveyed-the-dark-chamber-where-terror-was-dispensed-594228.html" rel="nofollow">Saddam had solid gold bathroom fittings</a>.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8304','Shaun Pilkington'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8304','Shaun Pilkington','<em>gold plated Lalique bathroom taps<\/em>\r\n\r\nPeasant. \r\n\r\nEven <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/opinion\/commentators\/fisk\/robert-fisk-i-sat-on-saddams-throne-and-surveyed-the-dark-chamber-where-terror-was-dispensed-594228.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Saddam had solid gold bathroom fittings<\/a>.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> gold plated Lalique bathroom taps

Peasant.

Even Saddam had solid gold bathroom fittings.

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]]> By: Candid http://www.lettersfromatory.com/2009/03/31/mps-screwing-the-taxpayer-awards-2009/#comment-8302 Candid Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:57:42 +0000 http://www.lettersfromatory.com/?p=2601#comment-8302 Just noticed the irony of the YouGov advert at the bottom of this post - sounds like it's referring to our estemed Memebers of Parliament *chuckle chuckle*.<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('8302','Candid'); return false;">Reply to this comment</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('8302','Candid','Just noticed the irony of the YouGov advert at the bottom of this post - sounds like it\'s referring to our estemed Memebers of Parliament *chuckle chuckle*.'); return false;">Quote this comment</a></div> Just noticed the irony of the YouGov advert at the bottom of this post – sounds like it’s referring to our estemed Memebers of Parliament *chuckle chuckle*.
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