Jacqui Smith, an iPhone and our money
By Maggie Holland in Editorial
Posted in Government, iPhone on
Dear Jacqui Smith,
I’ve been very well behaved this past year, so I’d very much like it if you could buy me an iPhone at Christmas.
Yours sincerely,
Maggie
Forget letters to Santa to get what you want. Nowadays, it’s probably much easier to talk to MPs. After, all it seems they can expense pretty much anything these days, including, er, a moat.
Jacqui Smith is again under the uncomfortable media spotlight for her expenses claims. This time, it’s all over an iPhone she bought for her husband who manages her constituency. Granted, the iPhone is a great tool for organising business life, but why the hell should tax payers foot the bill?
With governments rising our taxes to pay for education or get us out of debt, why don’t they just do the sensible thing and stop bloody well frittering our taxes away on whatever they please? It would certainly help stop the flow of people leaving this country because the powers that be are bleeding us dry and giving us nothing but column inches in return…
Rated: 80% (4 votes)
Loading ...Comment by - May 26, 2009 on 3:20 pm
Hear, hear.
I’d like another monitor so I can increase my productivity. The benefit being that I would then be paying more taxes so the MPs could claim more expenses with impunity.
Comment by Nigel - May 26, 2009 on 4:05 pm
How much longer are parasites such as these to be allowed to get away with thieving from the public. Isn’t it about time these embarrassments were sacked? Or is it impossible to lose your job if you are a Labour MP?
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