Watching the TV I came across the news that a Labour MP has been jailed for spending £20,000 of the tax payers that wasn’t allowed, mainly by claiming money for various things such as rent (which he payed to his mother) and things like getting technological stuff around his house sorted out. Obviously when this first came out; the whole MP scandal thing, it was big news, lots of people were angry etc. Loads of crazy numbers came out about so and so MP, I think I remember some as big as £80,000…
Watching the news I did feel a sense of satisfaction and justice, (especially compared to some highly corrupt countries that have been in the news lately..). But then I also felt like, what happened to all the other MP’s and ex-Ministers who did the same thing?? Yes, we know some of the major scandals quit their jobs etc, but if one MP is getting jailed shouldn’t all the others be punished also?? And why bring it up again when everyones forgotten about it or very nearly did.
Don’t get me wrong I hate what they did its just a sense of ‘yeah, that’s what I’d call fair but that again, not really’..
