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Spike knew about MP’s Expenses all along

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With the current news tap still flowing every week with another MP doing something that any regular member of the public would find distasteful (rules or not) I retreated to the safety of some very old episodes of The Goon Show. Specifically an episode called The Jet Propelled Guided Naffi. And you know what? There was no escape there either. Do you think Spike Milligan knew something we didn’t? CRUN: Who authorised this? Who are… GREENSLADE: Oh, Mr Eccles here. ECCLES: Yeah, I chose all the furniture myself. CRUN: Mr Eccles, why did a seven-and-sixpenny window-seat cost two hundred and

Freedom of Information and MP’s Attempting To Exempt Themselves

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I have sent the following letter to my MP, through the always useful www.writetothem.com website. Dear Mr Lazarowicz, Regarding The Upcoming Vote To Amend the Freedom of Information Act and MP’s Expenses I am writing to you to ask that you consider opposing any motions in Parliament (specifically but not limited to the upcoming vote on Thursday 20 January) which would allow Members of Parliament to conceal their expenses. I believe that, just as those who have to file detailed returns to HMRC each year, MP’s should also provide the same information with all their expenses claims. Breaking it down