Merrick wrote:
I'm assuming that -- at the very least -- there was actually a tennis court, a pipe, and a repair bill.
Jack Straw, on the other hand, "... claimed for council tax he had never paid, luckily discovering his mistake and repaying the £1,500 only after the High Court ruled that all expenses claims had to be published." (source)
Fucking sickening, isn't it.
EDIT: Oh yeah, and one other thing... why the hell are MPs allowed to claim their taxes back on expenses? That's screwed up way beyond normal political pocket-lining.
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