Holy Hana! Can they make it any worse?

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 [...]

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Did I just say it may be a long summer?

I wrote earlier that it may turn into a hot, contentious summer in the UK. The first salvo by the public was launched tonight by British newspaper The Daily Mail and the Tax-Payer’s Alliance. They began a campaign to prosecute Members of Parliament over the expenses scandal. The Mail wrote: … eminent lawyers believe that [...]

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You have to admire their humility

Ah, the whiff of scandal drifting across the Atlantic! Smell that? It’s the compost from the UK House of Parliament as the expenses scandal keeps hitting the fan. The right to be reimbursed for reasonable expenses should not be questioned. It’s the egregious abuse of the expense system that has the British Isles in an [...]

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At least our politicians don’t expect us to clean their moats

If you are a follower of British politics, you will be aware of how the current government is circling the drain. Nothing less than a full blown miracle from the heavens will stop them from being devastated in the next elections. In a previous post, I wrote they were writing the definitive manual on how [...]

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