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Originally Posted by CB..
well of course they have expenses...every body does..
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Don't be silly.
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Originally Posted by STEED
They are all blood suckers who will drain this country dry they should all be locked up for life breaking rocks for there crime against the voters of this country.
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the armed forces and the police provide accomadation for those who need housing these accomodations are notoriously diabolical
given the value of the service these professionals provide..yes?
so do a similar job for MP's...provide MPs with free or subsidised accomodation in London...i have no problem with that the issue is a very real one..
but you can bet your life that if they did do this ..the accomodation would be far superior to that provided to a member of the armed services..
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Not a bad idea there, but it would still be a cost to the public, just moving the cost from individual MP expense accounts to a Parliamentary Housing Committee or somesuch. Could work out cheaper though.
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that's the rub..why and indeed how should an MP get preferential treatment on the basis of their profession?
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To take your example of a soldier/policeman. It's relatively cheap to train up a new soldier to replace a retired one. And there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
It costs quite a bit to run an election, even a by-election, and there are only 640 MP's. The renumeration to each is a reflection of their respective worth to the country.
That sounds harsh, but in terms of legislation passed and written, a single MP is worth more to the country than a single soldier.
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if so i thought they were trying to get rid of reduce the influence/power of the House of Lords for this precise reasoning
it's just politics and that's their job...why should they themselves be the only ones in the country exempt from their own decisions?
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Public reason - House Of Lords is undemocratic and anachronistic
Real reason - It's full of Tories
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