Agenda 2019

  http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/04/13/british-mps-tory-colonel-bob-stewart_n_5142093.html?utm_hp_ref=uk  'British MPs Are Paragons Of Virtues,' Says Tory MP Colonel Bob Stewart Colonel Bob Stewart A worthless comparison by Colonel Bob Stewart. It is always easy to compare our situation with other countries and it is as hollow then as it is now coming from Stewart. Salaries and wages, working conditions, holidays, housing etc have at some time or another, been compared to those abroad, either favorably or unfavorably, depending on the point that the person or organisation drawing the comparison was seeking to make. The fact remains that British MP's are not,  "paragons of virtue". The House of Commons is, with a few notable exceptions, populated with people more concerned with their own ego's and personal ambitions, shameless and self serving men (and women) more interested in their positions, salaries and expense accounts and othe...

  http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/maria-miller-expenses-culture-secretary-in-hot-water-as-shes-ordered-to-repay-5800-expenses-claim-9235638.html Culture Secretary in hot water as she's ordered to repay £5,800 claim Maria Miller: Commons statement.    This woman was originally ordered, by the "independent" Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, to pay back a total sum of £45,000.The Parliamentary Commissioner, can of course be over ruled by MP's should they consider the Commissioners findings or decisions to be in error or too harsh or as in this case, likely to be "difficult" for them  personally, the next time that they themselves are again caught with their own fingers in the till . Consequently, ranks are closed as some members, under the guise of  the all party "Standards Committee" rush to the defence of Miller and reduce her "pay back punishment" from the recommended £45,000,to a mere £5,800. This fig...