Holy Hana! Can they make it any worse?

Posted on | May 19, 2009 | 1 Comment

British MP and now ex Speaker of the House Michael Martin resigned today in disgrace over his mishandling of the MP expense scandal. The growing contempt the British public have for the politicians took another hit when it was announced that Mr. Martin, the first Speaker in over 300 years to be pushed out of the job, would be rewarded with a Peerage and a hefty pension. His many, many years of public service should have qualified him to retire with honour and dignity. Instead, his willingness to help milk the system and contribute to such wholesale fraud, will be all he is remembered for. Oh and for taking a Peerage he was unworthy to hold. This is not the way to make it into the history books.

Yes, it has been standard practice to offer ex-Speakers a Peerage, but previous holders of office have never brought this hallowed office into such disrepute. Mr. Martin is certainly not the worse offender in the “I’ll charge everything including sink stoppers to the British public” scandal, but he was the guardian of the public purse. It was his job to ensure the MPs behaved and did not profit from their positions. Instead, he helped the scandal along by ignoring the abuses and in some cases encouraging them. Any other person who behaved so badly, would be bounced on their ear, pension be damned. But to actually reward him with a Peerage?

And the British politicians wonder why there is such a fury among the voters.

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One Response to “Holy Hana! Can they make it any worse?”

  1. KattyBlackyard
    June 14th, 2009 @ 10:30 pm

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