Congratulations Obama. It’s about time that idiot was replaced in the whitehouse!

Cabinet ministers were among MPs who last night defied public anger and voted to carry on squandering taxpayers’ cash on furniture and home improvements.

Great. So our tax is still going to get spent on MP’s homes. I wonder what HMRC will say if I try claiming expenses for some new kitchen equipment and a cuddly toy? Surely this is fraudulent behaviour? What does kitchen equipment, burglar alarm, maintenance and service agreements, cleaning, buildings and contents insurance, rent on one additional home, TV license or a parking permit have to do with being an MP?

Mr Brown is understood to believe the row has been exaggerated by the media and has urged Labour MPs to look at the government’s overall tax changes, which he says have helped low-paid families.

How is loosing an additional £232 to tax each year an exaggeration by the media? The government has lost the plot. It’s time for a change.

In the news today is some indication as to what MP’s are permitted to spend expenses on. To give you an idea, here’s a couple of things: Up to £10,000 for a new kitchen, £2,000 for furniture and £750 for a TV/Stereo for their second home.

That really riles me. How can an MP spend our tax money on items that we would normally pay for ourselves, out of our hard earned cash? Not to mention these are expenses for a second home.

If I, or you, were to try and claim back £10,000 from the taxman for a new kitchen, we’d probably find ourselves up in court on fraud charges. Why should an MP have any more rights to us?

George Galloway vs. Sky News
George Galloway doesn’t really do himself any favours, but he does make a few valid points and come backs against the interviewer. Worth a watch.