DA Baracus Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Almost all politicians rip the pish with expenses 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I personally hope they rip them off for every penny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UsedToGoToCentralPark Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Those headline numbers are meaningless. Without at least a partial breakdown it's not possible to tell if they are ripping the pish.Flights into London City Airport on a Monday and back again on a Thursday are silly prices. Running an office and staff costs a lot as well. Nothing really wrong with claiming every penny for every allowable expense. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Bad days for our Defence and Transport ministers. Courtesy of Armando Iannucci's twitter feed. https://twitter.com/IanMartin/status/1094916184376573952 https://twitter.com/chrismorrisbits/status/1094129384645107712 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BawWatchin Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 16 hours ago, MixuFixit said: I have no issue with the claims themselves, just think the idea of highlighting tory ones as A Bad Thing when SNP ones are certainly no better is risky. Obviously the tory expenses will be high as well. With all them plane trips they take to Scotland..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doulikefish Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 16 hours ago, welshbairn said: Bad days for our Defence and Transport ministers. Courtesy of Armando Iannucci's twitter feed. https://twitter.com/IanMartin/status/1094916184376573952 https://twitter.com/chrismorrisbits/status/1094129384645107712 Williamson came across as some completely deluded megalomaniac who had completely lost the plot. It appears he wants to take on Russia, China and everyone else (apart from the USA of course) with our 1 aircraft carrier. I'm sure he's also gagging for a shot at Venezuela (alongside our masters of course). It would be totally hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous. #puremadmentalbrits 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 On 10/02/2019 at 13:02, Inanimate Carbon Rod said: Tbf he covers a constituency that is massive, has mainland and islands and population centres hours apart and tries to maintain staff to cover it. His predecessor as MP claimed 130k less in 2013. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted February 12, 2019 Author Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 hours ago, sparky88 said: His predecessor as MP claimed 130k less in 2013. Maybe his predecessor was a lazy c**t that never got off her/his arse. I’m not saying it’s the case, just offering a possible alternate explanation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Granny Danger said: Maybe his predecessor was a lazy c**t that never got off her/his arse. I’m not saying it’s the case, just offering a possible alternate explanation. Maybe that could explain Priti Patel's high expense claim as well, I suppose. Edited February 12, 2019 by sparky88 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Maybe that could explain Priti Patel's high expense claim as well, I suppose.A work colleague of mine previously worked for Patel, and describes her as an odious individual. Isn't it satisfying when your prejudices coincide with reality ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, WATTOO said: Williamson came across as some completely deluded megalomaniac who had completely lost the plot. It appears he wants to take on Russia, China and everyone else (apart from the USA of course) with our 1 aircraft carrier. I'm sure he's also gagging for a shot at Venezuela (alongside our masters of course). It would be totally hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous. #puremadmentalbrits Here's a relatively right wing but independently thinking voice on Williamson. I'm surprised he's getting less stick than Grayling, we've got a totally deluded nutter in charge of our Military. Downing Street have already squashed most of his speech, especially sending our new aircraft carrier out to enforce the South China Sea with a couple of planes and before it's completed its sea trials. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/11/gavin-williamson-defence-policy-uk Edited February 12, 2019 by welshbairn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Maybe his predecessor was a lazy c**t that never got off her/his arse. I’m not saying it’s the case, just offering a possible alternate explanation. Yes from my experience they were. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lichtgilphead Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 9 hours ago, sparky88 said: His predecessor as MP claimed 130k less in 2013. Sparky, have you got your hands on the Jackie Baillie Calculator? Alan Reid claimed £173,133.67 in financial year 2012/13, £178,073.64 in financial year 2013/14 and £173,803.28 in financial year 2014/15. He also claimed a further £66,461.46 in 2015/16. Quite a sum, considering he was kicked out after about a month of that financial year. All figures are available here by using the calendar button Either withdraw your ridiculous claim, or provide some verifiable justification for it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inanimate Carbon Rod Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Sparky, have you got your hands on the Jackie Baillie Calculator? Alan Reid claimed £173,133.67 in financial year 2012/13, £178,073.64 in financial year 2013/14 and £173,803.28 in financial year 2014/15. He also claimed a further £66,461.46 in 2015/16. Quite a sum, considering he was kicked out after about a month of that financial year. All figures are available here by using the calendar button Either withdraw your ridiculous claim, or provide some verifiable justification for it. Pretty sure the last years claim also covers redundancy payment for office staff? If so thats pretty reasonable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WATTOO Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 3 hours ago, welshbairn said: Here's a relatively right wing but independently thinking voice on Williamson. I'm surprised he's getting less stick than Grayling, we've got a totally deluded nutter in charge of our Military. Downing Street have already squashed most of his speech, especially sending our new aircraft carrier out to enforce the South China Sea with a couple of planes and before it's completed its sea trials. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/11/gavin-williamson-defence-policy-uk Good article and puts it all in a nutshell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philyerboots Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DublinMagyar Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 OYF! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky88 Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 10 hours ago, lichtgilphead said: Sparky, have you got your hands on the Jackie Baillie Calculator? Alan Reid claimed £173,133.67 in financial year 2012/13, £178,073.64 in financial year 2013/14 and £173,803.28 in financial year 2014/15. He also claimed a further £66,461.46 in 2015/16. Quite a sum, considering he was kicked out after about a month of that financial year. All figures are available here by using the calendar button Either withdraw your ridiculous claim, or provide some verifiable justification for it. Must have looked at the wrong figures. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted February 13, 2019 Share Posted February 13, 2019 26 minutes ago, philyerboots said: Ya standin' in lineBelievin' the liesYa bowin' down to the flagYa got a bullet in ya head 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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