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Subject: Re: How many of our MPs are on the fiddle? Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:24:47 GMT

In message , Palindrome
writes
>Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
>> "Palindrome" wrote in message
>>news:a6gGj.53617$ic2.48045@fe09.news.easynews.com...
>>> Lord Turkey Cough wrote:
>>>> Most of them I would say.
>>> I suspect that few are stupid enough to do anything provably unlawful.
>>>
>>> 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.
>
>IIUC, most of the "nice little earners" were introduced before the
>current lot got elected.
>
>You probably think that I am on the fiddle too, then - one company I do
>work for gives me over twice the daily expense rate of the others. I
>don't hand the extra back and tell them I don't need that much.
>
>

Me too I'm afraid. I claim my full mileage allowance even though my car
doesn't cost me that much per mile to actually drive.


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Mike_B