Oh Dear More Expenses Scandal........

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-31895703

[Svejk]

I'm a genius. I knew it would be the slave labour party before I clicked on the link.

[bazwillrun]

They still dont get it, do they ...i see her 20/20 vision in hindsight is perfect though !

[Orderlimit]

^^ Same here, as soon as I saw expenses scandal I just knew it would have something to do with the Labour party.

[wired]

Do they never learn or have any humility, a hand in the till is worth two in the pocket

[Gromit]

Dontcha hate these Boris Johnson copyists?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1190512/Boris-Johnson-claimed-16-50-Remembrance-Day-poppy-wreath.html

[tonyav]

Mr Johnson said last night that the wreath had been 'mistakenly added' to his expenses claim.

It was a mistake though, Gromit !.

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31901533

Grants Shapps in trouble !

[ummmm]

Mistakes do happen. I used to have to deal with loads of expenses and I'd often get a random receipt. I would give the receipts back with the reasons why they weren't being paid....so who was doing her book-keeping?

[Baldric]

Unlike Sarah Champion, LABOUR MP for Rotherham, at least he wasn't caught with his hand in the till!

[youngmafbog]

No comment on the LABOUR MP then Mickey?

The problem is, they all have their fingers in the till or snouts in the trough, not sure how we stop it.

I think the problem with this woman though is the morality with it being a remembrance day wreath rather than the amount.

[jno]

I hate to say Boris was right about anything, but he was right to claim it as a work expense and so was this woman. It's not a scandal at all, for either of them.

[ludwig]

// I hate to say Boris was right about anything, but he was right to claim it as a work expense and so was this woman. It's not a scandal at all, for either of them. //

She doesn't agree with you...

// She admitted the claim "should never have been made" and would reimburse IPSA on Monday. //

For me, it depends whether they were laying the wreaths on behalf of anybody else. If they were supposed to be personal tributes from themselves, then I can't see how it's a justifiable expenses claim.

[Bazile]

So , is it only Labour Mp's that's been caught with their fingers in the till ?

[Svejk]

///I hate to say Boris was right about anything, but he was right to claim it as a work expense and so was this woman. It's not a scandal at all, for either of them.///

Ah, the old left wing refrain. It was in the rule-book, so I did it.
Most normal people, and I like to think I can speak for most normal people, don't flipping care. Either put your flipping hand in your own flipping pocket or don't make the flipping gesture at all.

[andy-hughes]

jno - //I hate to say Boris was right about anything, but he was right to claim it as a work expense and so was this woman. It's not a scandal at all, for either of them. //

I can see your point in terms of the letter of the law, but in terms of personal morality, the argument does not fly.

The only way a receipt is sent in for an expenses claim is if the recipient puts it there. Why not say to yourself, I am not going to claim for this wreath because it is a personal gesture, so I'll throw away the receipt, as I am not going to need it.

Either that, or get your office to order the wreath as an office expense, if you are happy with the morality of that point - they may be, I would not personally.

When I go and see bands, some venues have a charity box and 'guest list' attendees are asked to put a donation in, since they have had their ticket for free. I drop money in, and never think about it.

If I claimed my donation from the magazine with my expenses, and that became public knowledge, then I would rightly be pilloried, because I had made the conscious decision to claim back an expense which I undertake to carry, because it is the right thing to do.

[Svejk]

///So , is it only Labour Mp's that's been caught with their fingers in the till ?///

No, the liblabcon have all proved to be equally venal(that's why people keep voting for them??) It's just that this particular trougher happens to be Labour. I expect if she was a conservative someone might have mentioned it. Or if it was a Kipper, 5-10 people would 'bang on' about it, daily, for the next 3 years.