Parliamentary expenses and the blame game – Norman Baker

Oh yes and back to collective responsibility, I know many of you out there are as honest and people of integrity, but would ask, when did you last break the speed limit, take something from the staitonary cupboard, surf the net at work when you should have been working…you know the kind of list, things you can get away with but are wrong, the MPs actually stuck to the letter of the law even though they probably knew in their hearts it lacked integrity, when you take something from work it sboth wrong and lacks integrity….know ask yourself compared to this what the bankers are and have been up to, is it wrong, outside the law, does it lack integrity and the wages of footballers, or the wages of drunk, shagging celebs who are famous for being famous….you know i could go on. … Its time to move forward to collective responsibility and have modern social programmes that help eradicate poverty, whether thats poverty of finance, culture, aspirations, equitable access, housing or any other kind of poverty…there is quite obviously enough for all and plenty more besides for those that play football or manage banks, it doesn’t just need sharing out, it needs to come with civic understanding, education and a health warning We need to pay MPs properly ( on a par with a top barrister or doctor) and they need to be means tested with regard to expenses, if they are already incredibly wealthy they should get nothing.