“Ref: claim for lounge corner unit: if you feel this is excessive can I say that due to size and layout of the room a normal three-piece suite will not fit. This ‘corner group’ fits perfectly” (Labour MP writing to the fees office in August 2006)
In the Daily Telegraph’s scoop revelations of scrounging by our elected members of parliament, the “best of the begging letters” are really worth a read. They show the arrogance and self-importance of some of these people alongside the cavalier squandering of tax-payers’ money.
The following is my personal favourite:
“I object to your decision not to reimburse me for the costs of purchasing a baby’s cot for use in my London home…Perhaps you might write to me explaining where my son should sleep next time he visits me in London?” (Letter to fees office from Labour MP in Nov 2004)
Chief among the spongers, of course, is Sinn Fein – a Party that unashamedly enjoys fleecing the British tax-payer to redistribute the gains to various Republican causes. However, the pathetic and feeble excuses from normally holier-than-thou politicians, of all flavours, is a joy to behold. Well done Daily Telegraph. Journalism at its very, very best.
I have worked all my life i.e fifty years and never claimed a penny from anyone.I paid into a private pension for about ten years and I get £41 per month,I pay tax an that and I end up with £27 .I think all politicians are nothing but glorified fraudsters and I think they should all resign.Then they can see what it is like in the real world.