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MPs' expenses: things for policywonk to say if she gets the chance

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 17:15

So I'm off tomorrow afternoon to this panel discussion thing: here are the details

I'll go through the old thread tonight but post any more stuff here. Y'know, if you want to.

I'm SO OVER MPs' expenses.

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Peachy · 20/05/2009 13:01

M&S £!12 jeans may be great, but their £12.50 linen mix wide leg trousers are really great LOL

Peachy · 20/05/2009 12:59

Will there not be sufficient residential premises available post- olympics for MP purposes?

It's all just a disappointment.I gave up on the idea of politics as I didnt like the grabber associations and it seems I was right . The rep is keeping genuine people who want to really make a difference away. rather shite, no?

Good luck PW

LeninGrad · 20/05/2009 12:52

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slug · 20/05/2009 11:30

On a lighter note: Could we play mumsnet bingo?

5 points for mentioning Dear Husband/wife/child
10 points for fruit shoots or Greggs sausage rolls
And a massive 100 points if policywonk manages to mention cocklodging.

ronshar · 20/05/2009 11:03

MollieO. Crickey love.

PW, could you try and ask why alot of MP's have to have a second home in the first place. We all have to commute why can't they?
Also no property should be bought if they cant afford to pay for it themselves. Exactly the same as the rest of us.
They should be following the same tax laws as we do. All expenses etc should be the same as everyone else.
If they were to change these things then most people would be able to put their trust back into a badly corrupted system.

Good luck. M&S £12 jeans are great I have a pair.

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policywonk · 20/05/2009 10:04

Lenin - yes, I think we might be slightly overtaken by events today!

Will be Twittering from the MN account - MumsnetTowers I think.(If my phone doesn't die.)

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LeninGrad · 20/05/2009 08:24

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FabulousBakerGirl · 20/05/2009 08:18

Have only read the OP so apologies if repeating.

They need to stop saying the rules were wrong. The rules were fine, it is the people putting in claims and those okaying them that have acted wrongly.

Grumpy0ldWotz · 20/05/2009 08:17

Please (if it allowed) could someone tell me where PW is on twitter?

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EachPeachPearMum · 20/05/2009 06:29

Lol@ £12 jeans... are they claimable do you think? Do MNtowers have a M&S list?

re renting- of course you know many more wealthy mps (and therefore the ones who don't actually really need the expenses scheme anyway) will just rent from another family member, so we'd be paying mortgage and funding appreciation anyway.

GL PW

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 23:18

Could I get away with M+S £12 jeans? I'm not going to suffer MN-scrutiny-by-live-streaming this time (I think...)

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MollieO · 19/05/2009 23:13

Sorry, I don't want to distract anyone from the message of tomorrow - PW what will you be wearing (if the trousers are too tight?!).

ilovemydogandMrObama · 19/05/2009 23:10

wow MollieO. don't know what to say...

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 23:09

Thanks Iorek.

Think I'm going to turn in now but will check this again tomorrow morning.

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 23:08

Holy shit. Don't blame you for being pissed off.

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MollieO · 19/05/2009 23:04

PW yes - on the Aldgate train and about 15-20 feet from the bomber other side of tube bulkhead in neighbouring carriage. Just annoys me that what should have been today's main news item has been buried.

MollieO · 19/05/2009 23:02

What about one of those prison ships? It could be moored the other side of Tower Bridge so short commute to Westminster.

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 23:01

(What do you mean by 'first hand' Mollie - were you caught up in 7/7?)

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IorekByrnison · 19/05/2009 23:01

Good luck, policy. Agree that Martha's question and the John Lewis/Argos divide very good angle.

Agree too with Mollie that rents not mortgages should be funded.

The huge indignation that is focussed on MP's at the moment is surely fuelled in part by the rather more diffuse and impotent anger felt at the way in which wealth (on a far far greater scale) has been transferred from the many to the few during the excesses of the boom and consequent bust. If confidence is to be restored in politics it needs to go much further than reforming MP's expenses. I would want to see politicians starting to talk in very direct terms about social justice.

ilovemydogandMrObama · 19/05/2009 22:56

Oh, I see. You are wondering about the future hypothetical security concerns.

Have to make it unappealing for public school boys though, and all this talk of showers/boys gets them terribly excited

MollieO · 19/05/2009 22:54

They could buy one of those tower blocks in Kennington which is in division bell area.

Could you also ask why the Speaker chose to resign today? Cynical moi thinks it was well timed to take the heat off the publication of the 7/7 intelligence report - confirming what I at least have already experienced first hand that our protection from would be terrorists is crap.

MrsWednesday · 19/05/2009 22:51

The Olympic Village is now publicly owned, why don't they use that for MPs accommodation after 2012?

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policywonk · 19/05/2009 22:50

ilove... - I'd understand that argument if spouses and children lived at the address, but not if we're just talking about tiny Japanese-style pods with fold-up beds and showers hidden in the curtain rods -

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