Ironic??
The latest episode in the long running saga
of fiddling MPs, brings to the fore two long standing members of
that self gratifying bunch of rich parasites, Namely Rifkind and
Straw. Hardly new boys, who didn't know the “rules”, the rules
being, don't get bloody caught. Of course this isn't Straw's first
besmirching over expenses, in the past he jumped the gun when hearing
that MP's expenses were to be made public, this from wikipedia: Two
months after learning that MP's expenses were to be made public,
Straw wrote to the fees office to confirm that he had over-claimed on
the Council Tax for his constituency home. He attributed this to an
oversight – he had been entitled to a 'non-occupancy' discount of
50% for four consecutive years, but had continued to claim expenses
for the full rate of Council Tax. Included with the letter was a
cheque for the amount he believed he had overcharged, which itself
turned out to have been miscalculated, leading Straw to send a
further cheque with a note saying "accountancy does not appear
to be my strongest suit" There may be other traits that are
not his strongest suit.
If Only!!
As for Rifkind, well he may have stated
that he couldn't get by on £67,000 a year, but then does he need to?
His list of interests are, very interesting. This from wikipedia:
Non-executive Director of Unilever
plc; monthly ongoing payment of £7,166 gross from May 2013 (£85,992
annually)[16][17]
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Non-executive Director of Adam Smith International; Salary £35,000
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Member of Advisory Board, L.E.K. Consulting; Salary £25,000
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Director of Alliance Medical Holdings Limited, since January 2014
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Director of the Amphion Group Limited, since June 2008
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Director of United Holdings Limited, since July 2013
A nice little list of sidelines to help him
through these difficult times, when his £67,000 is running a bit
short. The one that interest me is the Director of Alliance Medical
Holdings Limited, now a man with that sort of interest might, just
might, see benefits for him and his company if the NHS was
privatised, but that's another fiddle.
All chums in the rich man's club.
This brings us to the question of whether MPs
should take a second job. In Rifkind's case he has at least six other jobs besides his full time, £67,000, day job, busy man. There is no worry though of them taking a REAL job, one that might be of help to their constituents. When
have you ever known an MP to take a job in, say a pipe factory, or at
take-away, or perhaps you might meet your MP in the supermarket as
he/she fills the shelves. No, that's not on the cards, this thieving
bunch of money grabbing parasites will only take a second “job”
when it entails no other work other than companies using them for
influence, and lining their pockets with unearned loot.
The Westminster Houses of Hypocrisy and Corruption, has never been other than a rich
man's club, where they wheel and deal to grow and protect their own
assets and privileges. Where they can legislate to protect their own
power and wealth, and we are the stooges that vote them in, and pay
their salaries, while they merrily fiddle their way through life.
When will we ever learn?
