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I think it was probably someone who wanted to highlight hypocrisy given pronouncements over the the last half dozen years but yeah, it’s the person who compiled the list that we need to focus on
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I don't really see how it does that. Are we saying that MPs staff (most of whom aren't particularly highly paid) should work for free, MPs should just ignore casework, MPs should work for free?
What if the list was of Labour MPs (where on average the expenses are higher)? Would that also highlight hypocrisy?
aggi
I'm not so convinced. Something like 90% of that is probably office costs and staffing. There's the occasional one off scandals but as a whole it's not too exciting.
Clearly someone who either didn't understand how expenses worked or did know and ignored it prepared the schedule.