Minister Uses £80,000 Limo As Commuter Prices Soar

[ChillDoubt]

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/politics/4728803/Railways-ministers-80000-limo-bill.html

We're all in this together though eh? And yes, I know the link is from The Scum but it's being widely reported via all media this a.m, it's just this is the only decent link at present.

Surely not more Tory ministers out of touch?

[Zacs-Master]

But a vote would be your democratic opportunity to protest against such things so why not take it, or do you agree with AOG that they're all as bad as each other?

[ChillDoubt]

Of course they're all as bad as each other! Every major political party has had their scandals, cheats and fiddlers.
Then you've got the likes of Nick Clegg, promises not to introduce fees, is offered power and takes it, only to renege on that promise and publicly humiliate himself in doing so, being pilloried by press, public and party members alike.
He seemed a principled man but subsequently fell into the 'same as all the rest' category.
He must have set his party back 10 years with that fiasco.

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe an apathetic public has led them to believe that they can get away with such deceptions?

[jno]

100 years, more likely. I don't see many people voting for them again after all they've done is turn into Tories.

All the same I'd sooner vote and spoil the paper rather than not vote at all. But in fact I've voted for my sitting MP for the last two elections regardless of party: a good constituency worker.

[ChillDoubt]

Maybe an apathetic public has had enough of increasing sleaze, impropriety and dodging the issues and questions put to their politicians.

The voting figures for turnouts at elections (general and otherwise) would certainly bear this out.

http://www.ukpolitical.info/Turnout45.htm

And as for the recent Police Commissioner debacle......

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-20344900

[baza]

he could catch the train twice a week ( a good service from Chelmsford) and take the coach on the other days, he would then know how the public suffer.

[sir.prize]

Clearly telling untruths as well . . .

Simon Burns, minister overseeing rising rail fares, was revealed to be making use of a ministerial car instead of travelling the 35 miles from his home to London by train. He claimed this was because he was not allowed to read sensitive papers on the train, but this claim was immediately contradicted by the Cabinet Office

[ChillDoubt]

Thanks for the update sir.prize.
As I said earlier, it's highly doubtful the Railway's Minister will be carrying documents that should they be lost would constitute a threat to national security.
Or maybe he just doesn't like reading the FT whilst standing up.....!

[sandyRoe]

Couldn't parliamentarians be given a special allowance so they they could afford a small pied á terre closer to their workplace?

[DTCwordfan]

Which party bought the car? Bet it was the Labour Party.

So it should be used - or sold.

[jno]

I'd be amazed if any government cars are so old that Labour bought them.