"Palindrome" wrote in message
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> Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
>> Most of them I would say.
> I suspect that few are stupid enough to do anything provably unlawful.
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> They are simply taking full advantage of generous measures that would
> never be allowed to anyone else - especially civil servants.
Well as they set up these measures it means they are all on the fiddle,
or at least the majority.
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> The question is, why aren't such rules given to everyone else? And the
> answer is simple - everyone else would also take full advantage of them.
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> For me, it seems obvious that, if politicians are proven to be as
> susceptible to expoiting the system as anyone else - they should have the
> same rules as everyone else.
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> Which doesn't mean publishing their expenses. But does mean that they
> don't get to set the rules and does mean that the police will be brought
> in should they commit fraud.
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> Sue
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