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Originally Posted by Yahwe
Labour are to blame for creating a system where, instead of giving MPs pay rises like everyone else in the world has had over the last decade, they used expenses as a 'salary top up'.
This has lead to an awful lot of resulting silliness and it is right that the government who instituted such a stupid syste get the blame.
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So you think that before that, MPs (of all parties) were restrained when it came to expense claims and took the view: "well, I'll be getting a massive pay rise this year which will pay for the floating duck island..." ?
I am extremely doubtful personally.