Gordon Brown has apologised on behalf of all political parties for recent events relating to MPs' expenses claims. The prime minister said "mistakes" had been made and that public trust must be restored "immediately". Tory leader David Cameron has also urged MPs to say "sorry" for the expenses system.
His comments follow revelations in The Daily Telegraph that leading MPs had entered invoices for items including dog food, light bulbs, mock Tudor beams and a ride-on lawnmower.
Although all claims were legitimate, Commons Speaker Michael Martin announced an independent body auditing expenses claims would be set up "very soon". The Speaker has also defended calling in police over the expenses leak, as he admits public trust has been damaged
Brown apology over MPs' expenses
As a taxpayer who has read how our MPs has misued public money, why should I have any faith in our political system, when it's more akin to a gravy train for our "Honourable Members"?
People will rightfully ask, why vote for any of these parties when they all appear to be as bad as each other?
“No question, now, what has happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, man to pig, and pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.”
George Orwell,
Animal Farm
No comments:
Post a Comment