Comments on: Conservative MPs Expenses Declarations http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/07/conservative-mps-expenses-declarations.html Don't annoy a dragon, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John Ward http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/07/conservative-mps-expenses-declarations.html#comment-3136 John Ward Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:46:12 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/07/conservative-mps-expenses-declarations.html#comment-3136 For a first crack at this, it's quite good. I wouldn't expectr perfection first time, though constructive feedback will, I am a sure, be appreciated by the Cameron Team if copied to them. There has for a long time been a huge discrepancy between the "floor amounts" for e.g. gifts that don't have to be declared between MPs (£5,000) and local councillors (£25), and I can see that outlook echoed in the current "expenses" declaration exercise. One law for them, and all that... Of course, the basic rules should be identical for all elected representatives at all levels. For a first crack at this, it’s quite good. I wouldn’t expectr perfection first time, though constructive feedback will, I am a sure, be appreciated by the Cameron Team if copied to them.

There has for a long time been a huge discrepancy between the “floor amounts” for e.g. gifts that don’t have to be declared between MPs (£5,000) and local councillors (£25), and I can see that outlook echoed in the current “expenses” declaration exercise. One law for them, and all that…

Of course, the basic rules should be identical for all elected representatives at all levels.

]]> By: Letters From A Tory http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/07/conservative-mps-expenses-declarations.html#comment-3135 Letters From A Tory Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:05:36 +0000 http://thethunderdragon.co.uk/2008/07/conservative-mps-expenses-declarations.html#comment-3135 Gordon Brown's decision not to vote against the John Lewis list has hurt him really badly. http://lettersfromatory.wordpress.com Gordon Brown’s decision not to vote against the John Lewis list has hurt him really badly.

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